11 May BBC Europe summary:
"French Prime Minister Jean Castex has detailed the next steps towards reopening society starting on 19 May with 50% capacity of outdoor seating at cafes, bars and restaurants - and cinemas and theatres at 35% capacity and a maximum of 800 people. Libraries and museums can also reopen, allowing each individual 8 sq/m space. Shops will have similar spacing. From 9 June restaurants can open indoors at half capacity, with shops and museums requiring 4 sq m space per person. Swimming pools and sport centres can reopen for non-contact sports for all, up to 50% capacity. Full reopening is set for 30 June.
It was shut for almost seven months but last night La Scala opera house in Milan reopened its doors to loud applause from an audience of 500 watching from balconies with the musicians in the seating area. Soprano Lisa Davidsen and masked conductor Riccardo Chailly were part of the performance which culminated in an encore from Verdi’s Nabucco.
Top Spanish health official Fernando Simón says he’s disappointed by pictures of partying crowds without masks celebrating the end of the country’s state of alarm and overnight curfew at the weekend. There is a lot of virus still in Spain, he says, and he was hopeful of avoiding a fourth wave but nobody knew what would happen now.
A Belgian mayor has temporarily stepped aside after admitting she was vaccinated in March, earlier than she should have been. Veerle Heeren is 56 and at the time vaccines were available to locals in Sint-Truiden aged over 85. She’s admitted passing on the names of 13 others for early vaccination, including relatives.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has gone into isolation after becoming infected with Covid despite having had a first vaccination. The 71-year-old has no symptoms."
.. and 'day of freedom' in Irish Republic yesterday:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57023440
(mere guide at) Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport
http://www.jetagemuseum.org/TripAdvisor Excellence Award 2015
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