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Huffington Post: When will life return to normal? The answer from Europe is emerging

Published April 1, 2020 at 2:53 am

National Guard soldiers stand guard by the Kozatsky hotel in central Kyiv on March 30, where Ukrainians evacuated from Indonesia will have to undergo a mandatory observation for signs of the novel coronavirus. Some of the evacuees refused to do it and payed a fine. Others simply escaped.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Across Europe, politicians and public health officials have begun to signal that the coronavirus epidemic there may soon reach its peak — suggesting that the dramatic lockdowns limiting travel, business activity and social life might be starting to halt the spread of the virus. Yet, the restrictions placed on daily life will likely need to remain in place for weeks or months to come in order to keep the virus in check, officials said.