European countries are now slowly starting their businesses in regions like Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Iceland, where coronavirus influence has mostly plateaued. The severe restrictions are being slowly released. They cannot do it abruptly as then there are chances of cases increasing steeply.
The countries are allowing partial returns to work. They have announced these measures to slowly resurrect the economy. They are refraining from making any big announcements that will make the complete scenario critical once again. The officials are being cautious and do not want to open the schools ‘too quickly’ as they fear this might be equal to risking the rise of infections and then they will have to close down everything again.
Ursula Von Der Leyen, the European Commission head has said that nothing can go back to normal and become like before or come back to normal a vaccine is developed for the virus. The officials have asked people to not make travel plans for now atleast till August. To be cautious is the need of the hour.
Everything in Europe is opening step by step. The same is being followed all over the world too. The societies need to reopen segment by segment. The governments though are still not being able to grasp which age groups or industries should be sent back first, which ones afterwards and when.
Italy has decided to open the bookshops, stationers and children’s clothes shops but the factories (barring pharmaceutical and food-processing plants) are still closed. Whereas Spanish shops will remain shut until April 26 but Spain’s factory staff has returned to work on Monday.
Unlike Italy, Denmark hasn’t asked its citizens to wear masks outside homes. Italy has passed mandate to wear masks whenever one is outside. Everyone remains clueless when the vacation plans can be made for Europe but right now is not the time.
