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COVID-19 lockdowns are lifting. How safe is it to go out?

Giulio Giovannini, 12, together with his mother Gloria, a backpack and a tablet, leaves the house to travel from his family cottage in the Tuscan countryside, where he has no internet signal, to the top of a hill where he is able to access the Internet to participate in online lessons while schools remain closed due to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Scansano, Italy, April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini - RC205G9FAPHB

Citizens are weighing up the risks of venturing out as countries ease lockdowns. Image: REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

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