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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Italian regions testing for signs of coronavirus immunity
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PADUA, Italy: Authorities in northern Italy have begun testing health workers for antibodies that may help identify individuals with immunity to the coronavirus as they look for ways to ease the lockdown imposed a month ago to contain the epidemic. On Monday (Apr 6), the northeastern region of Veneto, which saw one of Italy’s earliest
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Tommy the robot nurse helps keep Italian doctors safe from coronavirus
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VARESE, Italy: He doesn’t wear a mask but he is helping save lives from coronavirus just the same. Meet Tommy, the robot nurse. Tommy is one of six new robots helping flesh-and-blood doctors and nurses care for coronavirus patients at the Circolo Hospital in Varese, a city in the northern Lombardy region that is the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Italian police recycle oxygen canisters from coronavirus victims
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BERGAMO: Police in the Italian city of Bergamo have brought much-needed help to people suffering from the coronavirus by redistributing oxygen cylinders used by people who did not survive the virus. Bergamo, in the northern Lombardy region, is now Italy’s worst-affected province, with over 6,000 infections. With hospitals overflowing, many sufferers are kept at home, but
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 21, 2020
Jogging, park walks banned as alarmed Italian regions impose more coronavirus restrictions
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ROME: Italian regions struggling to contain a coronavirus crisis imposed further restrictions on Friday (Mar 20), with one banning walks in parks and another prohibiting jogging and bike rides as the national death toll surpassed that of China. “We already have many hundreds of dead. What more is needed before people understand the tragedy we
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
No layoffs, reduced rent: ‘Italian cure’ for COVID-19 pandemic
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ROME: Companies are barred from laying off workers and rents have been reduced under Italy’s economic survival plan for life at the European epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte hailed his 25-billion-euro (US$28-billion) programme as the “Italian model” that the rest of Europe could adopt as it imposes its own painful lockdowns. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
Spain steps up anti-coronavirus plan to ‘avoid Italian scenario’
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MADRID: Spain shut down schools in several regions, suspended flights from Italy and closed the lower house of parliament for at least a week after a lawmaker tested positive for the coronavirus, in the hope of stemming a growing outbreak. The government recommended avoiding travel both within and outside Spain and banned indoor gatherings of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
One dead as Italian prisons revolt over COVID-19 outbreak measures
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ROME: Inmates in four Italian prisons have revolted over new rules introduced to contain the coronavirus outbreak, leaving one prisoner dead and others injured, a prison rights group said Sunday (Mar 8). Prisoners at jails in Naples Poggioreale in the south, Modena in the north, Frosinone in central Italy and at Alexandria in the northwest had
