NBC新闻:意大利疫情好转

Italy is coming back and life is finally returning to the eternal city. At Rome's villa borghese overlooking st. Peter's Basilica, first walks, first jogs. Parks had been off-limits until now. This is the first time Carlo and Francesca Pavoni have been out of their homes since Italy went into a total lockdown nearly two months ago. Happy that you're out in the sunshine and I'm very happy. Look at the Sun that's shining he said. Italy was hard-hit by covid with around a thousand deaths a day. Now deaths are down up to 75% on some days. 

But Italy is opening cautiously. Restaurants are open just for takeaway. Real estate agents and eyeglasses shops open too. The deputy health minister told me businesses were chosen that don't draw crowds as a test for the rest. And I believe that we will restart entirely over the next month. But Italians are still hurting. This hundred-year-old family-owned bakery made everything here for today but barely sold anything. People are still scared to come out, Sarah Joe told me. It's not the Dolce Vita yet in Italy but today life here got a little sweeter. Officials here told me today's partial reopening has put 4.5 million people back to work.