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World Service,04 May 2020,53 mins

Italy begins to ease its lockdown

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Italy reopens its takeaways and parks, and small funerals can resume - but what will be the economic and social impact of its strict lockdown? As the US doubles down on its belief that the source of the Covid-19 pandemic was a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, President Trump officially launches his bid for re-election with a 'virtual' town hall meeting. And how to eat out while social distancing? Just head to Sweden's 'restaurant for one'.

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