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Italy is entering its fourth week of the worst national crisis since World War II with no end in sight.
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Young people are going out and There is also a burgeoning, and politically motivated, anti-mask contingent led by nationalist Matteo Salvini, who on July 27 declared that replacing handshakes and hugs with elbow bumps was “the end of the human species.”At his rallies, Mr. Salvini, the leader of the populist League party, still shakes hands and wears his mask like a chin guard. After a stumbling start, the country has gone from being a global pariah to a model — however imperfect — of viral containment that holds lessons for its neighbors and for the United States.ROME — When the coronavirus erupted in the West, Italy was “You look at what’s going on with Italy,” President Trump told reporters on March 17.
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Now, he said, his intensive care unit, with 50 beds, has no coronavirus patients, and the 60-bed Covid-19 unit built specially for the crisis is empty.He said he thought that the virus had weakened — an unproven view, he acknowledged, that has nonetheless found an eager audience in Mr. Salvini and other politicians opposed to extending the state of emergency.Most health experts said that the virus still loomed, and as the government considers a new decree to reopen night clubs, festivals and cruise ship travel, many of them have implored the country not to let down its guard.“Even if the situation is better than in other countries, we should continue to be very prudent,” said Dr. Rezza of the National Institute of Health, adding that he thought the question of what Italy had done right was better posed “at the end of the epidemic.”“We cannot exclude that we will have outbreaks in Italy in the next few days,” he said. Italy’s large elderly population poses a challenge in slowing the number of coronavirus deaths in the worst-affected country in Europe, a health specialist has said.. Tanzania Opposition Party Picks Tundu Lissu as Presidential...
Members of the Carabinieri, Italy's military police, operate a checkpoint in Brescia, Italy, on April 18.Members of the Carabinieri, Italy's military police, operate a checkpoint in Brescia, Italy, on April 18.Italy’s new coronavirus cases declined slightly on Wednesday, as a credit rating downgrade ramped up pressure on Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s plans to gradually emerge from a national lockdown.Civil protection authorities reported 2,086 cases for the 24-hour period, compared with 2,091 a day earlier. “And everyone acknowledged Italy was left alone at that time.” As a result, he said, “what they had to do at that time because we were left alone turned out to be more effective than other countries.”During the lockdown, movement was strictly limited, between regions and towns and even city blocks, and people had to fill in “auto-certification” forms to prove that they needed to go outside for work, health or “other necessities.” Masks and social distancing regulations were enforced by some regional authorities with steep fines.
The number of new daily cases has plummeted to “one of the lowest in Europe and the world,” said Giovanni Rezza, director of the infective illness department at the National Institute of Health. They argue that the only way to start up the economy is to keep tamping down the virus, even now.The strategy of closing down completely invited criticism that the government’s excessive caution was paralyzing the economy.
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That brings the total number of fatalities to 27,682.
Sweden’s Economy Posted Record Slump During Pandemic Peak Local doctors, hospitals and health officials collect more than 20 indicators on the virus daily and send them to regional authorities, who then forward them to the National Institute of Health.The result is a weekly X-ray of the country’s health upon which policy decisions are based.