Italy marks COVID victims remembrance day. President Sergio Mattarella said pandemic showed how a "coordinated response at a global level" was necessary.
March 18 was chosen as the day of memory because it was on that day in 2020 that the most tragic and emblematic image of the first COVID wave was recorded. It is estimated that close to 200,000 deaths in Italy were linked to the coronavirus. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA.