Government-Regions tension. Conte: “Outbreak because a hospital has not followed the protocols. Ready to intervene on the powers of the governors”.

ROME – If coordination between national health systems fails to contain the coronavirus, the government “is ready for measures that contract the governors’ prerogatives”. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said it in an interview with Borders which will air on Rai 1. “The health system – observed Conte – in Italy is of regional competence and … Read more

the virus expands into 5 regions

The number of infected it increases hour by hour and nightmares that seemed to live only in distant cities take shape. If the situation “worsens”, warns the governor of Lombardy Attilio Fontana, “in phase two more drastic and rigorous initiatives could be taken”, those which in China “were adopted in Wuhan”. It means sealing northern … Read more

schools closed and no masses until March. Stop at the Venice Carnival from 24

There are 25 cases of contagion for coronavirus in Veneto: in Vò Euganeo (Padua) there are 19 cases, including the person who died yesterday while in Mirano there are 4 cases, of which three are hospital health workers. Among the new sick also two elderly people from Venice, hospitalized in the city hospital. This was … Read more

Coronavirus in Italy: more than 130 people infected, schools in Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto are closed

The government has taken containment measures to try to curb the epidemic. – Thees 52,000 residents of 11 cities in northern Italy woke up on Sunday in quarantine, barred from entering and leaving their area, after an abrupt increase in cases of new coronavirus and the first two deaths of Europeans in the continent. The … Read more

Coronavirus, closed schools and no Venice Carnival. The measures Region by Region

The spread of coronavirus in Italy, which has seen the budget of the infected and the government launch a decree law with measures aimed at limiting the risk, has pushed the administrators of the most affected regions – Lombardy and Veneto -, but not only, to take measures. Closed schools and museums, lectures and exams … Read more

Coronavirus: two suspected deaths in Italy – health

A 78-year-old man died in Padua in the northeastern Veneto region of Italy, who is suspected of being newly infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The President of the region, Luca Zaia, said on Friday of the Italian news agency Ansa. The man was one of two elderly patients in Veneto for whom suspected infection with … Read more