Italy To Ease Lockdown On May 4, Give Free Masks

(AP)-Italy will start distributing free protective masks to nursing homes, many of which have been devastated by coronavirus infections and deaths. Domenico Arcuri, the government’s commissioner for the pandemic, says free masks will be distributed to public officials, transport workers and police. Millions of Italians will be allowed to return to workplaces starting on May 4. Italy, with some 26,000 reported deaths, most of them of elderly persons, has Europe’s highest toll from COVID-19.