As Italy’s Businesses Reopen, Some Workers Ask, What About Us?

  • Premier Conte sets up gradual plan to reopen the country...
  • ...Angering Italians who aren’t allowed to go back to work yet

Workers enter the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Mirafiori plant on April 29.

Photographer: Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images

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Calogero Lo Vetro couldn’t wait to get back to work, describing the scene he saw on his return as “something from a sci-fi movie,” with health monitors decked out like space men checking staff at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Mirafiori plant during its preliminary reopening.