FLORENCE – Musical schools have collaborated to produce performances inspired by the ‘musical balconies’ that involved musicians and amateurs, and that have been giving encouragement and releif to the many Italian citizens who have been forced to stay at home during lockdown.
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BERGAMO – Northern cities in Italy are reaching a point of no return for their health services, as each day in Bergamo 85 people are admitted to intensive care compared to two or three that leave. In Lombardy alone, there are 11685 coronavirus cases, with 4896 hospitalised and 732 in intensive care, according to regional health officials.
15 Mar 2020
John Phillips
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis thanked priests in Lombardy Sunday for remaining close to their parishioners at the epicentre of the Coronavirus epidemic and reiterated his "closeness to all the sick and those who are curing them.”
15 Mar 2020
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ROME -- The number of people infected with coronavirus in Italy streaked to over 20,000 Saturday with as many as 2,795 Italians diagnosed over the past 24 hours though the number of deaths slipped to 175 registered in the past 24 hours compared with 250 deaths registered on Thursday, civil protection authorities said.
14 Mar 2020
Gianfranco Nitti
ROME - Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite shows a heavy decline in air pollution over Italy as the nation went into lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, with the most noticeable decline visible across northern Italy, report the European Space Agency (ESA).
The visual images depict fluctuations of nitrogen dioxide emissions across Europe from Jan. 1 until March 11 and use a 10 day moving average. The ‘Tropomi’ device on board the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite is used to map air pollutants around the globe.
14 Mar 2020
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ROME – A team of Chinese medical specialists flew from Shanghai to Rome with over 30 tonnes of medical supplies to help Italy in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The team were sent by the Chinese Red Cross and touched down at Fiumicino Airport on Thursday night, and will soon be ready to contribute, reports the Chinese Embassy in Italy.
13 Mar 2020
Jack Morgan Jones
ROME – Italian industrial strikes occurred sporadically over the week, as workers protested against the Italian government's decision to give employers the right to decide whether or not to close their sites. Despite the health risks due to the spread of coronavirus, the Confindustria Study Centre issued a statement on Thursday in which it described how closing down the Italian industrial system risked necessary supplies in the short term and the economic recovery in the long term.
13 Mar 2020
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TURIN – The case of Daniele Rugani, the first Serie A football to test positive for coronavirus, led to British media regurgitating fake news stories about other Juventus players that have since been categorically denied by Juventus in a press release on Thursday.
Rugani tested positive on Wednesday, and following the news 121 employees of Juventus, both players and staff, have entered voluntary home isolation. The Inter Milan players have also been isolated, due to their recent match against Juventus in which they lost 2-0.
13 Mar 2020
John Phillips
ROME – The total number of people who have died from Coronavirus in Italy surged to over 1000 Thursday as a total of 15,133 cases were registered including over 2,000 new cases since Wednesday, officials said. In all over 6,000 people are in hospital and more than 1000 in intensive care with the virus while 1258 people have recovered from the virus, they said.
12 Mar 2020