Italy to ease lockdown on May 4, give free masks
World | April 25, 2020 18:15 ISTItaly will start distributing free protective masks to nursing homes, many of which have been devastated by coronavirus infections and deaths.
Italy will start distributing free protective masks to nursing homes, many of which have been devastated by coronavirus infections and deaths.
Coronavirus in Italy: Wednesday saw 437 new deaths, bringing the total to 25,085 fatalities since the pandemic first broke out in the northern Lombardy region on February 21. A total of 2,943 additional recoveries were registered on Wednesday compared to Tuesday
Coronavirus in Italy: The total number of confirmed cases -- combining active infections, fatalities and recoveries -- rose to 178,972, a daily increase of 3,047 against Saturday, according to fresh figures from the Civil Protection Department.
Martinelli's service is of great use in his hometown, as it has neither a pharmacy nor a supermarket.
Coronavirus in Italy: Of those infected, 26,893 or 25 per cent of the total, are hospitalised -- down by 750 compared to Wednesday, and 2,936 patients, or 2.75 per cent, are in intensive care -- down by 143.
Addressing a televised press conference on Monday, Civil Protection Department Chief Angelo Borrelli explained that there were 566 new fatalities, compared with 431 registered on Sunday, reported Xinhua news agency.
Coronavirus in Italy: Of those who have tested positive, 28,144 people are currently hospitalized (98 fewer than the previous day), 3,381 are in intensive care (116 fewer), and 68,744 are isolated at home.
The league added, “it remains understood that the clubs will define the agreements directly with their members.”
The death toll around the world due to coronavirus reached 36,873 on Monday evening, as per data from the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre. The total cases globally surged to over 7.55 lakh. The number of corona-infected cases reached 85,000 in Spain by Monday midnight.
Italy was the first industrialized western country to issue a peacetime lockdown when it was announced on March 9. Under the terms of the lockdown, Italians are required to stay home aside from performing certain "vital" tasks, such as food shopping, medical visits, or trips to the pharmacy.
Minister Vincenzo Spadafora told Italian daily La Repubblica that talks about restarting the Serie A soccer league on May 3 are “unrealistic.”
Italy has recorded almost 1,000 Coronavirus deaths, which is the highest number in a day, news agency AFP said in a tweet on Friday.
With a death toll of more than 8,200, more people have died in Italy due to the coronavirus than any other country in the world
A 101-year-old man in the coastal Italian city of Rimini has recovered from the novel coronavirus, the disease which has infected a total of 80,589 people in the country and has claimed the lives of 8,215 others.
Opera singer Gioconda Vessichelli is in lockdown in Italy. She connected with India TV through WhatsApp call to talk about COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Italy's health professionals were paying a high price in this emergency. Fatalities linked to the COVID-19 included 31 doctors, of which at least five were family doctors who died in the last 24 hours, the Italian federation of general medicine physicians said on Wednesday.
Coronavirus outbreak: The most affected regions remained northern Lombardy (18,910 positive cases), Emilia Romagna (7,220), Veneto (4,986), and Piedmont (4,529), plus central Marche (2,358) and Tuscany (2,301), data showed. Lombardy's regional authorities also reported slight positive signals on Monday, yet sounding cautious as well.
Kareena Kapoor shares a throwback photo with Saif Ali Khan from Rome to pray for the people of Italy suffering and fighting from the novel coronavirus.
Italy has recorded 793 new deaths and 6,557 new cases in one single day from coronavirus taking country's toll to 4,825. With such a huge figure, 38.3 per cent of the people who have died after getting infected with COVID-19 are from Italy.
A married man in UK, who tested positive for coronavirus is in a sweat after he caught COVID-19 during a secret trip to Italy with his mistress. The man, in his late 30s, told his wife that he was on a business trip within the United Kingdom.
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