Last week, the number of people who died from the new coronavirus in Italy surpassed the COVID-19 fatalities in China, a country with a population more than 20 times greater. And the very sobering news is that scientists say the United States is on a trajectory that is more similar to Italy than the Asian countries. The Consulate General of Italy,...
READ MOREDoctors and nurses at the Casalpalocco hospital on Rome's outskirts mill silently around coronavirus patients lying motionless on their beds surrounded by machines monitoring their vital signs. Medical staff adhere to strict security protocols. Each is clad from head to foot in a hooded white protective suit, hands ensconced in latex gloves while a...
READ MOREItaly, a country in the grip of the world’s worst novel coronavirus epidemic, celebrated the remarkable recovery of a 101-years-old man from the Covid-19. The man, identified only as Mr. P, was hospitalized about a week ago and discharged on Thursday after fighting off the virus, his town of Rimini said in a statement. According to Rimini’s Deputy...
READ MOREL’America è al fianco dell’Italia nell’emergenza Covid-19. Lo ha assicurato l’ambasciatore degli Usa in Italia Lewis Michael Eisenberg intervistato a Mezz’ora in più su RaiTre, dopo che nei giorni scorsi si è paventato un cambiamento degli equilibri geopolitici alla luce degli aiuti arrivati nella penisola (da Russia, Cina e Cuba) per affrontare l’...
READ MOREFlags will be flown at half-mast in cities across Italy at midday on March 31 to commemorate the victims of coronavirus, the president of municipalities' association ANCI Antonio Decaro announced Friday on Twitter. "On Tuesday, March 31, at 12 pm, flags at half-staff and a minute of silence to be observed by Italian mayors with the tricolor sash in...
READ MOREIl mondo tech a raccolta contro il Covid-19: da oggi al 29 marzo la comunità italiana di innovatori si unisce per trovare idee, progetti e soluzioni tecnologiche per affrontare la crisi provocata dalla pandemia. Prendendo spunto da iniziative precedenti in altri Paesi europei e dall’iniziativa lanciata su scala globale dall’Oms, l’edizione italiana...
READ MOREItaly’s president says the country is living through “a sad page in our history,” with its oldest generation paying a very high price in loss of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. With coffins piling up in the country with the highest number of deaths in the world of persons infected with the coronavirus, President Sergio Mattarella sought to shore...
READ MOREAs coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to ravage their country, Italians are coming together in unprecedented ways, hanging inspiring posters, singing from their balconies, and taking time each night to applaud health care workers on the front lines. How are they managing to stay so positive in the face of the pandemic? Roman food tour operator Sophie...
READ MOREAnche la famiglia Ferrero è scesa in campo contro il coronavirus. I titolari del colosso dolciario hanno deciso di donare 10 milioni di euro al commissariato nazionale per l’emergenza, guidato da Domenico Arcuri. Il presidente esecutivo Giovanni Ferrero e la madre Maria Franca, presidente della Fondazione Ferrero, faranno lo stanziamento tramite la...
READ MORETwo weeks ago, I flew from the epicentre of one crisis to another, in my pajama top, praying the plane would take off and I would make it to my family. I’m Italian, grew up in the United States, and have lived in Tunisia for the past four years. I work for an aid agency that supports Libya, where fighting is forcing people to flee their homes, and...
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