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A new normal

What will the end of lockdown measures really look like?

Countries in Europe are planning to scale back lockdown measures and reopen their economies. But what will the new normal look like? Ed Butler speaks to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's China media analyst Kerry Allen about the experience of Hubei province in China, which ended its lockdown earlier this month, and to Markus Dulle, owner of several DIY stores in Austria, where some shops have begun trading again after a month of shutdown. Experts agree that a programme of testing for the coronavirus is needed before lockdown measures are scaled back - Oxford University economist Daniel Susskind explains why selecting specific groups of people would be more effective than testing everybody at random. And Michel Goldman, professor of immunology at the UniversitΓ© Libre de Bruxelles, explains why a return to 'normal' could take generations.

(Photo: A staff member hands out masks at a reopened DIY store in Austria, Credit: Getty Images)

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