Corona crisis in Italy comes to a head: New numbers shake - More deaths than in China

The consequences of the Corona pandemic continue to be most felt in Italy. The country now even surpasses China in deaths.

• The Corona outbreak hit Italy particularly hard.
• The number of official deaths from Covid-19 * lung disease is now more than 3,000 and higher than in any other country.
• The regions in the north of the country are particularly affected.

Update from 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 most officially reported deaths in the world. 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 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

“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

Corona crisis video: Italy's hospitals are at the limit

Corona crisis in Italy:

The corona virus has largely shut down public life in Italy *: shops, bars and schools are closed, the borders are sealed off. The number of infected people is increasing. Doctors are fighting on all fronts.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has been warning about the extreme spread of the coronavirus in Germany for weeks. Schools and daycare centers are closed, the borders are tight. The federal government is trying to slow the spread of the virus.

Europe is now the epicenter of the Covid 19 pandemic *. Spain, France and Germany are in a state of emergency. Will this soon threaten in Africa? The WHO issues a dramatic warning.

Interactive coronavirus maps * are available on the Internet, which show the spread of the novel coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 in real time.

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