When Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte said the government would relax some parts of a nationwide lockdown, residents entering an eighth week of home confinement to inhibit the coronavirus dove for their dictionaries.
Conte announced that starting May 4, people in Italy will be permitted to travel within their home regions for visits with congiunti, a formal Italian word that can mean either relatives, relations or kinsmen.
Under the lockdown, Italians only have been able to leave home for essential jobs or vital tasks such as grocery shopping.
The country's cooped-up citizens therefore sought clarification. Which relatives? What relation? Would a second-cousin count as kin? A brother-in-law?
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