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Mac 2020 6:27 PM
Coronavirus Italy: Medical chief dies after being
infected with Covid-19
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A doctor who had been handling the coronavirus crisis
in northern Italy has died from the disease. Roberto Stella, 67, suffered
respiratory failure on Tuesday after being diagnosed in Como, Italy, according
to the country’s National Federation of Doctors and General Practitioners.
The
federation’s secretary Silvestro Scotti said in a statement: ‘He was the
example of the capability and hard work of family doctors. His death represents
the outcry of all colleagues who still today are not equipped with the proper
individual protection needed.’ Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus epidemic
shot past 1,000 on Thursday as the economic impact worsened, with much of the
country at a standstill and the Milan bourse posting its largest ever one-day
fall.
Looking to halt the spread of the disease, the government introduced yet
more restrictions on Italians, ordering the blanket, nationwide closure of
restaurants, bars and almost all shops except for food stores and chemists.
Most Italians were stoical in the face of the
unprecedented disruption. ‘The government is doing its best, we’re in a war
against an invisible enemy,’ said Rome delicatessen shop owner Roberto
Castroni.
Highlighting the challenge facing Italy, the
worst-affected country in Europe, the daily death toll jumped by 189 to 1,016.
Confirmed cases rose to 15,113 from a previous 12,462, the biggest daily rise
in absolute terms since the contagion came to light on Feb. 21 in the wealthy
northern region of Lombardy.
In an ever-escalating series of measures to halt
the spread, Rome’s Catholic churches were ordered closed on Thursday — an
unprecedented move in modern times that will apply to more than 900 parochial
and historic churches in the Italian capital. History was also made in the
Milan bourse, which fell 17% for its worst single-day loss ever,
underperforming a generally disastrous global market, as investors fretted over
the huge, long-term cost of the coronavirus lockdown.
The outbreak has turned Italy into a pariah state,
with many countries severing transport links, leading to the cancellation of
thousands of flights and the closure of some airports.
Rome demanded that Austria lift ‘unjustified’ controls
at their shared border by Thursday evening after spot health checks on truck
drivers caused huge tailbacks at the Brenner Pass — a vital Alpine road link.
‘The block on Italian goods vehicles to northern Europe is causing incalculable
damage to our exports and to European trade,’ business lobby Confindustria said
in a statement.
The streets of major Italian cities were largely empty on
Thursday with most people heeding a plea by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to
stay at home. Under the government’s emergency decree all non-essential travel
is banned and people have to carry around forms that justify their reason for
being on the streets. The interior ministry said police had booked some 2,162
people during the day for violating the order. Seven foreigners were arrested
in Rome after being caught playing cards around a table in the open air, Ansa
news agency said.
Those found guilty of infringing the rules face up to three
months in prison and a fine of up to €206 (£184). Anyone who has coronavirus
and is caught breaking the obligatory 2-week quarantine order faces between one
and 12 years in jail.
So far, Italians has been supportive of the clampdown,
with one poll showing more than 80% in favour of the government’s decision. ‘I
am convinced these measures are right and will reduce the length of this epidemic,’
said Federica Bravi, out shopping for essentials in Rome. ‘So at this time, the
more sacrifices we make the more likely it will be that we contain this
problem.’
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