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Europe’s Virus Hot Spots Exit Lockdown as Experts Urge Caution

  • U.K., Italy plan to remove some restrictions this week
  • Italian government clashes with regions as protests erupt

Beachgoers gather on Boscombe beach in Bournemouth, U.K., on May 30.

Photographer: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

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Europe’s most virus-stricken countries are preparing to further ease lockdown measures that helped trigger the biggest economic downturn since World War II, even as scientists warned against moving too quickly.