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Hello and welcome to Coronomics, the spectator's six-part series on stories from countries turned upside down by COVID-19.

I'm Kate Andrews.

This podcast features our panel based around the world,

who select a story each week that gives you an inside look at what's happening outside their windows.

Sylvia Cerelli-Barelli is reporting from Rome and the land correspondent for the Financial Times.

Jennifer Creary is reporting from Hong Kong and managing editor of the Hong Kong free press.

And Nick Gillespie is reporting from New York City, an editor-at-large for Reason magazine.

Welcome all. So the theme for this week from all of us seems to be the lockdown easing

debate, but all of your articles and all of your stories from different countries

come at this from a different angle. So, Sylvia, I'll start with you and your article from

The Washington Post. Italy has had one of the lengthiest and most restrictive lockdowns in Europe.

What's happening now? Essentially, the article I chose this week was published a few days ago in the Washington Post,

ahead of the unveiling on Sunday night of the plan to exit the lockdown by the Italian government.

But it's still very topical because, unsurprisingly, at least from an Italian perspective,

the prime minister's televised speech on Sunday night didn't move the story forward that much.

So let me proceed with order.

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