The Italian region of Veneto has become the first in the country to ease the coronavirus lockdown, in contradiction to the central government’s plan to lift restrictions as a unit
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In what he admitted was “a surprise announcement,” Luca Zaia, the president of the Veneto region, lifted a range of restrictions including on takeaways, pizzerias, cemeteries and some shops.earlier this week that he “would not permit divisions” between different regions and that Italy would restart “altogether” from May 4.
Veneto, alongside Lombardy, was one of the first regions to be affected by the virus, but has suffered only about one-tenth of the deaths of Lombardy. Zaia, a member of the far-right League party, said he felt a duty to keep a promise he made on April 13 to review the restrictions if the numbers of ill and intensive care patients showed a trend of improvement, which they had.afternoon, he said that he had “scraped the bottom of the barrel to remove all the restrictions we can.”Zaia said the decision"did not mean that everything was over, so everyone go to the piazzas and have a party.” But Veneto is ahead of other regions, he claimed.
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