The consequences of the Corona pandemic continue to be most felt in Italy. The country now surpasses China in deaths. Doctors have to sort patients quickly.
- The Corona pandemic has hit Italy particularly hard.
- The number of official deaths from the lung disease Covid-19 * is now more than 4,000.
- Lombardy and the Bergamo region are particularly affected.
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Update of March 22, 2020, 12.35 p.m .: The reports of terror that reach us from Italy, which is particularly hard hit by the corona crisis, have reached an unimaginable extent of terror. Only virus-infected people with good chances of survival can now hope for a bed in the intensive care unit, as Focus reports.
Corona crisis in Italy: patients with higher life expectancy are preferred
Because there are not enough beds in the intensive care units compared to the need for patients, the Italian "Association of Anesthesia, Pain Relief, Resuscitation and Intensive Therapy" (Siaarti) had already determined on March 7 that the future allocation of places in the intensive care units preference should be given to those patients "who have a longer life expectancy".
Doctors now have to quickly decide whose chances of survival are higher than those of another. This system is called "triage" and comes from the military. It means something like "sort". And because of the corona crisis, doctors in Italy are increasingly forced to take this cruel measure.
Cuban doctors and medical professionals can be photographed with a photo of Fidel Castro, as well as Cuban and Italian flags before they travel to Italy.
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The situation is particularly dramatic in Lombardy in northern Italy. According to the report, between 12 and 16 percent die in the intensive care units of the San Donato polyclinic in Milan under normal conditions. Only one in two of the corona patients who come to the intensive care unit survive, said Marco Rest, vice director of the intensive care unit, according to the Reuters news agency, according to Focus. The newspaper “Il Fatto Quotidiano” reports that in Lombardy nine out of 10 Corona patients die without ever being admitted to an intensive care unit.
The above-average age population in Italy also contributed to the critical situation in Italy.
Update of March 22nd, 12:22 pm: Italy is currently the country most affected by the Corona crisis. The German soccer professional Robin Gosens now reports from Italy and describes the sometimes catastrophic conditions, as reported by tz.de *.
Update of March 22, 6:27 am: The Italian government has decided to close all "non-vital" companies and factories in the fight against the devastating corona virus . Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday night in a television speech that the government had decided to shut down any production nationwide "that is not expressly necessary, critical, or essential to ensure our basic goods and services." It is an "additional step" in trying to contain the pandemic caused by the coronavirus. So far, many Italians had been on the road to go to work. That should change now.
Corona virus in Italy: Cuba sends doctors
Cuba sent a team of doctors to Italy on Sunday to support Italian colleagues in their fight against the corona virus. The 52 doctors and nurses were to be deployed in Lombardy, the current focus of the Corona crisis, said the Ministry of Health in Havana. In Cuba itself, 20 people are currently infected with the virus, one person died of it.
Corona in Italy: Russia also sends help
Russia is also planning to send specialists and medical equipment to the EU country in view of the Corona crisis in Italy. According to the Kremlin on Saturday, President Vladimir Putin said in a phone call to the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte that Italy would provide protective equipment, mobile disinfection systems and medical equipment. Russia is also sending "specialists as practical help to the most affected areas" in Italy.
Corona virus in Italy: 800 deaths in one day - government takes even harder action
The death toll in Italy skyrocketed by almost 800 within 24 hours. According to civil protection, the number of people who died after being infected with the novel corona virus rose by 793 to 4,825. This means that 38.3 percent of the total corona deaths worldwide were reported from Italy.
Dramatic images: military convoys bring corpses of Corona victims from Lombardy to cemeteries in Ferrara, which is located in the eastern part of Emilia-Romagna.
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Update from March 21st, 9.30pm: More and more professional footballers in Italy are also infected with Sars-CoV-2 - or have done so for a long time.
The corona virus has now been detected by Argentine international Paulo Dybala from Juventus . The 26-year-old attacker from the Italian series master confirmed this on Instagram.
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Hola a todos, quería comunicarles que acabamos de recibir los resultados del test del Covid-19 y tanto @orianasabatini como yo dimos positivo. Por fortuna nos Bäumenamos en perfecto estado. Gracias por sus mensajes y un saludo a todos Ciao a tutti, volevo informarvi che abbiamo appena ricevuto i risultati del test Covid-19 e sia io che Oriana siamo risultati positivi. Fortunatamente siamo in perfette condizioni. Grazie per i vostri messaggi. Un saluto a tutti! Hi everyone, I just wanted to inform you that we have received the results for the Covid-19 test and both Oriana and I have tested positive. Luckily we are in perfect conditions. Thanks for your messages.
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His girlfriend Oriana Sabatini was also tested positive for the virus. "Fortunately we are doing very well," wrote Dybala, who also thanked the fans for the numerous messages.
Juventus attackers: Paulo Dybala.
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Dybala is the third Juve professional after defender Daniele Rugani and world champion Blaise Matuidi, in which the corona virus was found. Sampdoria Genoa was particularly hard hit in Serie A - several players and staff had to quarantine because of Corona.
Update of March 21st, 9pm: In Italy there is a curfew to contain the corona pandemic across the country. Many self-employed and restaurateurs cannot do their job - fatal economic consequences are expected. For individuals and the entire economy.
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Corona crisis in Italy: Hundreds more dead in Lombardy
Update of March 21, 7 p.m .: Lombardy time and again: According to reports, there were 546 new deaths from the insidious corona virus within 24 hours.
Accordingly, the number of corona deaths in the northern Italian region rose to 3095 (as of earlier Saturday evening).
Update of March 21, 6:35 p.m .: The death rate in Italy due to corona remains high - and the number of deaths from the new lung disease is increasing steadily.
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic , Italy reported almost 800 deaths in just one day. As reported by the civil defense in Rome, 4,825 people died by Saturday - 793 more than the previous day and more than on any other day.
Italy is the country with the highest number of officially reported coronavirus deaths in the world.
Corona crisis in Italy: priests sacrifice themselves for the sick
Update of March 21, 6:05 pm: "May you have the courage to go out to the sick to bring them the power of the Word of God and the Eucharist", Pope Francis had given Italy's priests in the fight against the corona virus .
Rome: A priest blesses the entrance to Columbus Covid 2 Hospital, a new hospital opened for the treatment of Covid 19 patients.
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Apparently many clergy adhered to it and paid for their loyalty, loyalty and helpfulness with their lives. More than 30 pastors in Italy have already died as a result of the corona virus. Many of them had followed Francis's appeal and wanted to assist the faithful in difficult times.
Bergamo in Lombardy also has the sad leading position in these statistics: According to this, 16 clergymen have already succumbed to a corona infection in the northern Italian province, and a total of more than 5,000 cases of infection have been registered in Bergamo.
Corona crisis in Italy: More dead are feared in Great Britain
Update of March 21, 5:50 p.m .: Even more deaths than in Italy ? Britain is extremely alarmed by the Corona crisis . Little by little, more and more cases are being identified and registered in the UK.
Even more: According to media reports, the corona virus could take a particularly large number of lives in the United Kingdom - perhaps even more than in Italy .
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, which is mainly financed from tax revenues, has been chronically underfunded, overworked and ailing for many years. Critics say that the healthcare system has simply been saved.
Update of March 21, 4:20 p.m .: Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi has received a lot of criticism for an appeal in the fight against the corona virus. Not that this pose is wrong, by no means.
Oggi al Parco della Caffarella ho incontrato una pattuglia della Polizia Locale di Roma Capitale. I controlli proseguono e sono stati rafforzati. Ma lo ribadisco: #RestateACasa, anche per rispetto di chi, come questi agenti, è in prima linea per contrastare diffusione coronavirus pic.twitter.com/Tq7lBJEj8O
- Virginia Raggi (@virginiaraggi) March 20, 2020It's much more about the way: She appeals to her fellow citizens to stay in their own four walls and not go green in the wake of the corona pandemic . However, on the video, she is standing in a green flowering park. "There are people who still go out as if nothing had happened. It doesn't work that way, ”she explains with a serious expression.
Mayor of Rome: Virginia Raggi.
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This was less well received by the residents. "Brilliant. You stand in the park and tell people to stay at home, ”said the comments on Raggi's Twitter account. Or: "Now we can all go to the park and make videos to tell people to stay at home."
Corona crisis in Italy: Many people continue to die in Bergamo
Update of March 21, 3:50 p.m .: As the Italian news agency Ansa reports, on Friday alone in the Lombardy city of Bergamo 90 people succumbed to the corona virus.
Because of Corona, unfortunately, in constant use: coffin bearer in Bergamo, Lombardy.
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The city of 120,000 inhabitants, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its picturesque old town, is particularly badly affected by the Corona pandemic. Doctors and nurses are currently fighting for many lives.
Update of March 21, 12.18 p.m .: In the particularly hard-hit city of Bergamo, military vehicles have to transport the coffins with the Convid 19 dead to other cities. According to the news agency, around 70 coffins were removed on Saturday night.
"We hope to see light at the end of the tunnel soon , we haven't seen it yet," said Mayor Giorgi o Gori. Unfortunately, curfews and other measures have not yet had their effect. A field hospital in the area is now said to alleviate the plight of the completely overloaded clinics.
Corona crisis in Italy: scientist has a proposal that is difficult to implement - location completely healed
Update of 21 March, 10:56: A hamlet near Venice has provided after the outbreak of coronavirus all 3,300 residents under quarantine and the number of infections in the small community reduced at least temporarily to zero, as the star with reference to the English newspaper Guardian reports. It is the Lombard Vo, which also had the first country-wide death in connection with Covid-19 .
As a result, all residents were tested - twice with an interval of nine days. According to the scientists at the University of Padua, there were 89 positive cases in the first round and only six in the second. Since the sick people were quarantined before they showed any symptoms, it was possible to stop the spread of the coronavirus within 14 days.
Fight for many lives: the medical professionals in northern Italy.
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The researchers speak of a " 100 percent cure rate for previously infected people", and no new cases of disease have occurred. What also struck them: When the first patient showed symptoms, three percent of the local residents were already infected - with one exception, however, the clinical picture was asymptomatic.
According to the scientists, one thing is certain: in order to bring the pandemic under control, everyone would have to be tested - regardless of symptoms. This is the only way to calculate a reliable mortality rate. The proposal will probably be difficult to implement nationwide.
Unfortunately, the happy ending in Vo still has an epilogue with a negative impact. In the meantime, according to the Italian agency Ansa, there is again a corona case in the place. Apparently this is due to a change of location of the person or an infection by an asymptomatic person .
Update from March 20, 10.30 p.m .: The rapid increase in deaths due to the coronavirus in Italy also causes deep concern in German politics.
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) showed up on Twitter dismayed by the latest figures from the EU member country.
627 # Covid_19 deaths in Italy only in the last 24 hours. Terrible. My thoughts are with the relatives of the deceased. My request is for everyone to take this crisis seriously: stay home if you can.
- Heiko Maas (@HeikoMaas) March 20, 2020“627 # Covid_19 deaths in Italy only in the last 24 hours. Terrible. My thoughts are with the relatives of the deceased, "wrote the Saarlander on the short message service:" My request is for everyone to take this crisis seriously: stay at home if you can do anything. "
Corona in Italy: nurse from Milan tells of dramatic scenes
Update of March 20, 9:30 p.m .: Dramatic fight against Corona : Italian nurses and doctors use cell phone videos to describe the dramatic conditions in the hospitals - especially in Lombardy .
“We work under great stress and pressure. The mental tension has gone through the roof. Unfortunately we can no longer contain the problem in Lombardy, "explains the Milan nurse Daniela Confalionieri in a video published by t-online.de :" The infection level is so high that we can no longer count the dead. It is unimaginable. I wish everyone the best. Let's keep smiling and staying strong. "
#coronavirus la terapia intensiva (8 letti in total) dell'ospedale da campo allestito da @SamaritansPurse davanti all'ospedale di #Cremona, per 68 pazienti. Da oggi pomeriggio in funzione. @ Tg3web pic.twitter.com/BHT45u7xNy
- jari pilati (@jaripilati) March 20, 2020In Lombardy alone, at least 380 people are said to have died of the lung disease COVID-19 this Friday.
Update of March 20, 8:55 pm: "ITALY ISN'T ALONE!" With these emotional words, EU Councilor Charles Michel addressed the Mediterranean country, which had been hard hit by the corona pandemic, in the dramatic coronavirus crisis .
Corona in Italy: EU Council head assures European solidarity
He wrote a representative letter to Italian President Sergio Mattarella . The Belgian assured the Italians of European solidarity and expressed his admiration for the Italian crisis management.
This Friday, the number of deaths from the new lung disease rose to 4032 in the meantime. No country in the world has more deaths from the pandemic .
With an oversized picture on the facade of a hospital, an artist thanks the doctors and nurses in the hard-hit Bergamo for their efforts.
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"We are watching with emotion and respect the pioneering role of the Italian authorities in coping with the crisis, with timely, comprehensive and socially significant measures to limit the spread of the infection," said Charles Michel's letter that Italy had an intrepid sense shown for foresight, unity and resilience.
At the end of the letter, the Belgian writes that Italy and Europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than before. "As you can hear from all corners of your wonderful country: EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD."
Update of March 20, 6.55 p.m .: Dramatic proportions due to corona : Not only in Lombardy , but throughout Italy , the death toll from the corona virus continues to increase.
Corona Italy: The highest number of coronavirus victims in one day
Specifically: Within 24 hours, more people have died from the effects of the coronavirus according to the authorities 627th So far, this is the highest number of victims within a day, as the civil defense said on Friday.
Corona crisis in Italy: doctors and nurses fight for the lives of patients in Brescia.
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As of Friday evening, more than 4,000 people in Italy have so far succumbed to the consequences of the corona virus - more than in any other country in the world. The number of confirmed infected is now over 47,000, and only 6,000 additional cases were reported on one day. 36 percent of the corona fatalities worldwide are now to be mourned in Italy , in the past three days alone 1,500 - mostly old - people have died of the insidious lung disease.
Despite drastic measures, the government in Rome has so far failed to get the situation under control. Now she is considering other restrictions, such as banning all outdoor activities.
Corona Italy: Hundreds more deaths only in the Lombardy region
Update of March 20, 6:20 p.m .: The death toll caused by the coronavirus in Italy is increasing dramatically.
As reported by the Reuters news agency , a further 380 people died of the insidious lung disease COVID-19 within 24 hours in the particularly badly affected by the pandemic.
Coronavirus: soldiers build a field hospital in Cremona, Italy.
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As the picture writes, as of Friday afternoon, around 2550 people have died from Corona in the northern Italian region.
The fight against the virus continues unabated. In the city of Cremona, with a population of 70,000, soldiers from the Italian army have set up a field hospital for the treatment of serious cases.
Italy in the corona crisis: 300 children tested positive for corona virus
Update of March 20, 10:06 am: In the course of the coronavirus pandemic , around 300 children in Italy have so far been tested positive for the pathogen . "But so far there have been no deaths and no serious cases in children," said Alberto Villani, President of the Italian Pediatric Association, at a civil defense press conference in Rome. "That should reassure many parents and grandparents. The corona virus per se does not currently seem to be a problem for children . ”In total there are tens of thousands of people infected and thousands killed in Italy.
Update of March 19, 6:33 p.m .: The situation in Italy is getting worse. The country has reported more deaths than China in the corona virus pandemic, making it the country with the highest number of officially reported deaths . So far, 3,405 people have died , the Italian civil defense said on Thursday in Rome.
China still complains of new deaths every day. According to official data, eight people were killed on Thursday, bringing the total number of victims to 3,245 . A total of 80,928 infected people were registered in mainland China, more than 66,000 of whom have recovered. In Italy, the number of people infected is now over 41,000. The day before, there were around 35,700.
Italy has imposed drastic measures in the past. These should now also be extended. School closures and curfews were originally scheduled until April 3, but the government is expected to expand them soon.
Corona crisis in Italy: military removes corpses from Bergamo
Rome - Photos that get under your skin. Military trucks stand in front of a cemetery in the center of Bergamo (Lombardy) to pick up coffins containing Corona fatalities. The crematoriums are overloaded. The military is said to transport the coffins to other crematoriums in other Italian regions, reports the Italian news agency ansa.it.
The morgue in Bergamo is overcrowded, writes the Italian newspaper La Repubblica . Coffins from victims of the coronavirus can no longer be absorbed. The furnace of the crematorium has been in operation for 24 hours and has now reached the limit of its capacity. There is no place in the cemeteries in Bergamo.
In order to relieve the mortuary of the cemetery, the coffins of the deceased were kept in the church of Ognissanti. Then on Wednesday there was a solution to this emergency: the use of military vehicles . Last night the military had to take the bodies to other regions for cremation.
Corona dead in Italy - pictures that hurt incredibly
The recordings of the military convoy that take coronavirus patients who have died from Bergamo to other provinces are staggering.
In social networks, people react with dismay to the pictures. A user shared a video on Twitter to shake Italians.
"They had to call the army to load coffins and trucks with coffins to take them to crematoriums outside the region," the user writes. And further: "Before you complain about the lockdown extension, watch the video."
A #Bergamo hanno dovuto chiamare l'esercito per caricare camion e camion di bare da destinare a crematori fuori regione. Prima di lamentarvi della proroga del #lockdown riguardatevi sto video in loop. # Coronavirusitalia pic.twitter.com/ofR1raGVTb
- Alessandro Zanoni (@ AlexZan87) March 19, 2020“An image that hurts incredibly. In Bergamo, the coffins of 70 dead are driven out of the city by military convoy because the crematoriums are overcrowded. Survivors cannot say goodbye. This photo is a cut, the situation is serious, ”tweeted another user, using the hashtags # COVID19 and #StayAtHome.
A picture that hurts incredibly. In #Bergamo, the coffins of 70 dead are driven out of the city by military convoy because the crematoriums are overcrowded. Survivors cannot say goodbye. This photo is a cut, the situation is serious. # COVID19 #StayAtHome pic.twitter.com/y7T03KOHjs
- Gabriel Rinaldi (@ grinaldi97) March 18, 2020Corona crisis video: Italy's hospitals are at the limit
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