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NewsColony World gambles with looser lockdowns, risking virus revival © Thomson Reuters People are seen at a restaurant, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins After enduring weeks of coronavirus lockdowns, more than 100 million travellers in China flocked to key tourist sites this week, while businesses including barbershops, nail salons, and shopping malls reopened in parts of the United States. Families separated by strict social-distancing rules in Italy reunited for the first time in two months, and Spaniards rushed out of their homes to exercise after being cooped up for seven weeks. In Germany, churches, museums, and some schools opened their doors, while in Nigeria, the cities of Abuja and Lagos came to life after a month-long shutdown; the streets once again clogged with cars and minibusses. With the new coronavirus exacting an economic toll unseen since the Great Depression of the 1930s...