Lockdowns ease across Europe, Asia with new tourism rules

  • Date: 01-Jun-2020
  • Source: Arab News
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:GCC
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Lockdowns ease across Europe, Asia with new tourism rules

ROME: The first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia to Europe on Monday, even as US protests against police brutality sparked fears of new outbreaks.. Countries around the Mediterranean Sea tentatively kicked off a summer season where tourists could bask in their famously sunny beaches while still being protected by social distancing measures from a virus that is marching relentlessly around the world.. The new rules let bars and restaurants serve up to 30 people inside if they keep social distancing, but there's no standing at bars and reservations are necessary.. In the US, the often-violent protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man pinned at the neck by a white Minneapolis police officer, are raising fears of new outbreaks in a country that has more confirmed infections and deaths than any other.. South Korea and India offered cautionary tales Monday about just how hard it is to halt the virus.. World's reaction to US weaves solidarity, calls to change /node/1683136/world. Many people around the world have watched with growing unease at the civil unrest in the US after the latest in a series of police killings of black men and women. George Floyd