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Italy’s health minister expects COVID cases to start falling in late spring
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is seeing a steady rise in coronavirus infections but a national vaccination campaign and tougher restrictions mean numbers should start improving in late spring, the health minister said. FILE PHOTO: Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza speaks to reporters after European health ministers from neighbouring countries to Italy held a meeting to …
Italy’s Traore facing surgery after breaking arm against Ireland
Italy prop Cherif Traore is facing surgery after breaking his right arm during his side’s bruising Six Nations loss to Ireland, the Italian rugby federation (FIR) said Sunday. Treviso’s Traore, 26, came off the bench after 44 minutes in the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday but went off after 68 minutes in the 48-10 defeat. “Traore …
A Giant of Europe Prepares to Head Italy’s New Unity Government
ROME — Mario Draghi, a giant of Europe largely credited with saving the euro, formally presented a broad unity government to Italy’s president on Friday, all but assuring that he will become prime minister at a precarious moment when the prospect of a more closely bound European Union hinges on Italy’s success. Mr. Draghi, who …
Italy’s government in crisis after former PM pulls support
Italian current Senator, former premier and head of the political party ‘Italia Viva’ (IV), Matteo Renzi holds a press conference on January 13, 2021 at the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Rome. ALBERTO PIZZOLI | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Italy’s former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday announced his intention to pull his …
Coronavirus: Italy’s other emergency – survivors’ mental health
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Italy’s response to coronavirus is now moving into a new phase, but for many survivors the trauma remains “When Covid patients enter the hospital, they think it’s the beginning of the end,” says psychologist Tommaso Speranza. His hospital, Rome’s Spallanzani infectious diseases institute, has been leading Italy’s response to …
Coronavirus: Italy’s PM outlines lockdown easing measures
Image caption Italy imposed strict restrictions seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it recorded its lowest daily death toll since mid-March. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said curbs would be relaxed …
Coronavirus: ‘Radical Change’ To Life; Italy’s Cases Surpass 31,500 : Shots
A woman walks through a nearly deserted Times Square in New York Monday, as the city adjusts to widespread closures and restrictions on public life because of the COVID-19 respiratory disease. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP A woman walks through a nearly deserted Times Square in New York Monday, as the city …
Worries grow over northern hospitals as Italy’s coronavirus toll grows
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian authorities voiced growing concern on Sunday over how much longer strained health systems could cope with the coronavirus outbreak, as thousands of new cases were recorded over the past 24 hours and several hundred more people died. A banner reads “The longer you stay at home, the sooner we hug”, on …
Italy’s Poste launches new Codice PostePay payment technology
MILAN, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Poste Italiane is launching a new payment technology with the aim to win more clients among Italian small businesses, Marco Siracusano, head of digital payment unit PostePay said on Friday. Poste Italiane, the former monopolist in the country for postal services, has developed the new technology based on QR codes …
Families fight against toxic dust from Italy’s Ilva steelworks
Image copyright Thomas Cristofoletti/Ruom Image caption A cover to contain dust is being built over part of the steel factory in Taranto A mother is cradling her baby. The mother’s eyes are loving, but her breast has morphed into a smokestack and she’s nursing her child with toxic fumes instead of nourishing milk. That is …
