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By Patrick Donahue and John Follain

April 8, 2020 at 8:52 AM UTC

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April 8, 2020 at 4:29 PM UTC

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Germany and Italy are beginning to debate how to gradually relax some restrictions on public life as Europe slowly inches closer to bringing strict rules designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus to an end.