COVID-19: Italy to reopen museums as country eases lockdown restrictions

After over two months, museums in Italy are all set to reopen on May 18, international media reported. However, world-famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence will “probably wait for ar week” as Italian government has yet t issued any safety guidelines for its reopening. According to reports, Italy will be lifting lockdown restrictions owing to decreased number o cases. 

According to museum's press office, Uffizi is planning to allow only 450 people at one time in comparison to 900 before pandemic began. museum, which was visited by over 2.2 million people last year has suffered a loss of over 10 million euros owing to coronavirus pandemic. Majority of losses occurred due to lack of revenue from tickets, however, missed sales of merchandise and books also accounted for a considerable loss. 

This comes as  archaeological site of Pompeii was planning to reopen for tourists from May 26 with a two-week trial during which visitors would be allowed only on main streets of ancient city. Following a successful trial, some of main Roman houses or Domus would be opened, however, a separate entry and exit paths would be me for visitors. Meanwhile, Vatican museums have t set a date for reopening as yet.

Reopening country 

According to international reports, Italy’s government has signed a decree that will permit travel to and from country from June 3. This also marks a major step towards life coming back to rmal in country that has third-highest death toll of COVID-19 disease in world after US and UK. Even though Italy still has 72,070 active cases of coronavirus and has reported over 31,600 deaths, infection rate has drastically fallen in recent days. 

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Italy was also first country in Europe to have imposed restrictions in wake of global health crisis and h emerged as a virus hotspot. After being under strict lockdown for at least two months, measures were allowed to ease earlier this month. On May 4, Italy’s government h allowed factories to resume its operations and parks were open for public. Shops, restaurants, and Catholic churches are also due to open on May 18 only if y follow social distancing rules. 

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