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AFP
Rome
The coronavirus crisis is not over in Italy, President Sergio Mattarella warned on the country’s national day Tuesday, a day after a leading doctor created a furore by claiming that the virus no longer “exists” in the country.
The latest figures in Italy continue to show a downward trend in new cases as it prepares the next stage of its gradual easing of a national lockdown, after nearly 33,500 people died over three months from COVID-19.
Italians were celebrating Republic Day with “feelings of uncertainty and reasons to hope,” Mattarella said.
“The crisis is not over and we will still have to face its consequences and trauma. It would be unacceptable and unforgivable to squander this legacy of sacrifice, pain, hope and the need to trust our people,” he said.
Rome
The coronavirus crisis is not over in Italy, President Sergio Mattarella warned on the country’s national day Tuesday, a day after a leading doctor created a furore by claiming that the virus no longer “exists” in the country.
The latest figures in Italy continue to show a downward trend in new cases as it prepares the next stage of its gradual easing of a national lockdown, after nearly 33,500 people died over three months from COVID-19.
Italians were celebrating Republic Day with “feelings of uncertainty and reasons to hope,” Mattarella said.
“The crisis is not over and we will still have to face its consequences and trauma. It would be unacceptable and unforgivable to squander this legacy of sacrifice, pain, hope and the need to trust our people,” he said.
