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THE BIG PICTURE The soaring joy of a family reunion Alison Shepherd The BMJ [Image: Yara/Reuters] The meeting in Rome of Domenico di Massa with his granddaughter Cecilia for the first time in two months was echoed across Italy as families emerged onto the streets as a staged end to its nationwide covid-19 lockdown began. Italy follows Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria in beginning to lift the restrictions that have kept households in quarantine for many weeks with phased openings of schools, shops, and offices. Across Europe governments have reiterated that any easing of restrictions will be cautious and reversible to prevent a second peak in their epidemics. The UK government is expected to make an announcement this weekend on when and how it will ease its lockdown. For personal use only: See rights and reprints http://www.bmj.com/permissions Subscribe: http://www.bmj.com/subscribe BMJ 2020;369:m1832 doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1832 (Published 7 May 2020) Page 1 of 1 News NEWS on 21 May 2021 by guest. Protected by copyright. http://www.bmj.com/ BMJ: first published as 10.1136/bmj.m1832 on 7 May 2020. Downloaded from

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THE BIG PICTURE

The soaring joy of a family reunionAlison Shepherd

The BMJ

[Image: Yara/Reuters]

The meeting in Rome of Domenico di Massa with hisgranddaughter Cecilia for the first time in two months was

echoed across Italy as families emerged onto the streets as astaged end to its nationwide covid-19 lockdown began.Italy follows Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria inbeginning to lift the restrictions that have kept households inquarantine for many weeks with phased openings of schools,shops, and offices. Across Europe governments have reiteratedthat any easing of restrictions will be cautious and reversible toprevent a second peak in their epidemics.The UK government is expected to make an announcement thisweekend on when and how it will ease its lockdown.

For personal use only: See rights and reprints http://www.bmj.com/permissions Subscribe: http://www.bmj.com/subscribe

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