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Italy, Greece Relax Covid Restrictions Ahead of Peak Tourist Season

A hotel rooftop garden in Athens, Greece. — A hotel rooftop garden in Athens, Greece.
Photographer: Loulou D'Aki/Bloomberg

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NICOLE WINFIELD and DEMETRIS NELLAS)

May 1, 2022, 12:18 PM UTCUpdated onMay 1, 2022, 7:07 PM UTC

Rome (AP) -- For travelers heading to Europe, summer vacations just got a whole lot easier.

Italy and Greece relaxed some COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday before Europe's peak summer tourist season, in a sign that life was increasingly returning to normal.