Reopening of hairdressing salons, restaurants, schools and places of worship ... After weeks of staying at home, part of Europe is cautiously beginning to return to the open air, the first deconfinement measures coming into force this Monday, May 4 in several countries.
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- Italy
On the roofs of Rome on May 1. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP
In Italy, social relations could gradually resume: Italians could visit their families and meet in limited numbers. The parks will reopen, while maintaining social distancing. However, travel will continue to be limited within the commune of residence and linked only to work and health requirements, and the schools will remain closed until September.
Certain sectors (construction, automobile, luxury ...) have already resumed their activity since April 27. The manufacturing sector, the construction sector and the wholesale trade for these sectors will in turn be reopened. Bars and restaurants will have the right to sell take-out. Their full reopening will take place on June 1, just like that of beauty salons or hairdressers. On May 18, all retail businesses will be able to reopen, as well as museums, cultural sites and libraries.
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- Spain
In Barcelona. PAU BARRENA / AFP
The strict confinement of the country was relaxed on April 26 with the authorization to go out for an hour's walk with an adult for children and, since this Saturday, May 2, with the authorization for those over 14 years of age to exercise individually. or walk under strict conditions.
From May 4, some small businesses such as hairdressers will be able to receive clients individually and only by appointment. Bars and restaurants will have the right to sell take-out. In some small Balearic and Canary Islands, most shops, museums and the terraces of bars and restaurants will be allowed to reopen with limited capacity, as will hotels with conditions. The rest of the country will follow on May 11. Cinemas and theaters will normally reopen two weeks later. Schools will be closed until September.
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Until the end of the deconfinement, the Spanish will not be able to move outside their province and the mask will be mandatory in transport.
- Germany
May 1 in Berlin. HANNIBAL HANSCHKE / REUTERS
If most of the stores of less than 800 square meters reopened on April 20, from Monday May 4, it will be the turn of hairdressers, places of worship, museums, zoos and memorials to reopen. Schools will also gradually reopen in certain Länder (Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt, Bremen).
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Cultural places, bars, play areas, sports fields and restaurants (except for deliveries) remain closed. Large gatherings will remain prohibited until at least August 31.
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Masks will gradually become mandatory in transport and stores.
- Austria
In Salzburg, Austria. BARBARA GINDL / AFP
Vienna has already authorized the reopening of certain non-essential shops: supermarkets, hairdressers and outdoor sports facilities (tennis, golf ...) reopened this weekend. Restaurants are expected to reopen in mid-May.
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Austria being one of the first countries to deconfine themselves, movement restrictions are now lifted, gatherings allowed up to 10 people, with respect for social distancing. This Monday, May 4, high school students taking the bac will return to school in a furnished environment, before a gradual return to school for the others.
As in most European countries, wearing a mask will be compulsory in transport and shops.
- Belgium
The artist CAZ resumes his piece painted on a wall in Wetteren in Belgium. YVES HERMAN / REUTERS
Companies that do not welcome an audience are preparing to see their employees return from this Monday, and the mask will become mandatory in transport.
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Most businesses will reopen from May 11, provided they respect social distancing. Some classes will reopen on May 18, with a maximum of 10 students per class. The reopening of restaurants should start from June 8 at the earliest and gradually.
- Portugal
Frenchman Matthieu Raud, 38, works in an artisan bakery in Lisbon. PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP
Bookstores and car dealers will reopen this Monday, May 4. The local trade, up to 200 m2, overlooking the street, will also be able to reopen, with mandatory mask. Individual outdoor sports are allowed. Hairdressing and beauty salons can also reopen by appointment. Some public services, such as tax centers, will also be able to accommodate the public, but only by appointment, and with a mandatory mask. The mask will also be required in public transport.
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High schools, museums, art galleries, restaurants and cafes will reopen on May 18, theaters and cinemas on June 1, with rules of social distancing.
- Slovenia
Jozeta Pucnika Airport. Borut Zivulovic / REUTERS
Slovenia plans to reopen this Monday, May 4, cafes and restaurants, hairdressers, museums, bookstores, as well as the resumption of professional sports training. As with its European neighbors, the mask is compulsory in closed public places, transport and shops.
- Hungary
Outside Budapest, Monday May 4 provides for a reopening of café terraces and restaurants, beaches and public baths, and the resumption of professional sports training. Mask required in transport and stores.
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- Poland
In Gdansk in Poland. STAFF / REUTERS
The government announced the opening on Monday May 4 of hotels, shopping centers, part of cultural institutions, including libraries and certain museums.
From Wednesday 6 May, nurseries and kindergartens will be able to reopen, but the local authorities on which they depend have announced that most of them will remain closed.
- Croatia
In the distance, Primosten in Croatia. Here on May 20, 2019. Antonio Bronic / REUTERS
Some stores, museums, libraries, as well as public transportation reopened last week. Religious gatherings have been authorized since Saturday May 2.
Monday, May 4, services involving close contact with the client, such as hairdressers, may reopen.
On May 11, it will be the turn of the terraces, bars and restaurants. Gatherings will be allowed up to 10 people and kindergartens and schools will reopen on a voluntary basis.
- Serbia
Reopening on Monday 4 May of cafes and restaurants with social distancing, public transport, intercity trains and long-distance bus with the wearing of a mandatory mask. Shopping centers will reopen on May 8, kindergartens on 11. Curfew is maintained.
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- Greece
In the Thissio district of Athens. ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS / REUTERS
Almost 10% of closed businesses will be able to reopen Monday, May 4: bookstores, hair and beauty salons, electronics and sporting goods stores, garden centers. On May 11, all other stores will be able to reopen with the exception of shopping centers, which are closed until June 1.
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- Nordic countries
In Iceland, universities, museums and hair salons reopen this Monday, May 4. Denmark and Norway, on a semi-containment regime , were among the first European countries to ease their restrictions. The Danes were the first to return to school on April 15.
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