Coronavirus: Situation in Europe is improving
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Italy and Spain, among the European countries with the strictest coronavirus lockdowns, on Sunday announced plans to further ease confinement measures. Italy's manufacturing industry will start reopening on May 4 but schools will remain closed until September, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told La Repubblica. Spain will allow family walks and individual physical activity from May 2, the country's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said. European Union leaders have clashed over trillion-euro COVID-19 aid in an online meeting.