Europe Accelerates Move to Pandemic Exit as Risk Alert Fades
- Italy, Switzerland, Finland join in on the rush to ease curbs
- Germany, Belgium are outliers in the continent-wide trend
Italy, along with a number of European countries is easing the bulk of restrictions on public life.
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Europe is accelerating steps to roll back coronavirus restrictions as efforts to control the fast-spreading omicron variant have been largely futile.
Under pressure from a pandemic-weary public, politicians across the region are deeming many public-health measures increasingly unnecessary. Italy, Switzerland and Finland are set to join Denmark, Ireland and France in easing the bulk of restrictions on public life. Norway also relaxed most rules.