![]() ![]() Slowly, things only got better from that horrible day, with daily cases, finally hitting a plateau and falling to a negligible number of daily infections. “Images of the coffins carried on military trucks in Bergamo were harsh, and evidently they made it clear how leaving the uncontrolled circulation of the virus would lead to serious problems.” “The population reacted quite positively in the first phase, however fear probably played a role,” he told CNN. But as hard as it was, the images of the dead, of the overcrowded hospitals, of the people – cherished grandmothers and grandfathers – dying alone sparked an unimaginable national grief and scared the entire country, says Gianni Rezza, director of the National Health Institute. ![]() People lost jobs, businesses suffered and children lost valuable time as the country’s ill-funded education system struggled to adapt to online teaching. The lockdown by then had meant that everyone but the most essential of workers were confined to within just 300 meters of their homes.Ī priest wearing a mask blesses a coffin inside the courtyard of a building in Naples, Italy, on March 27. Tales of clandestine dinner parties and entire apartment blocks walking the same dog just to get outside seemed to expose the Italian national pastime of bending the rules. It’s nothing short of a miracle, especially compared to nations like Brazil and the United States, where the pandemic is still very much out of control.īefore that terrible day in March when nearly 1,000 people died, stories about how Italians were skirting the lockdown were common. People are going out for dinner at restaurants, enjoying the summer tradition of an aperitivo on an open square, going on vacation and generally moving forward. Nightclubs and schools aren’t yet reopened, face masks are mandatory and social distancing is enforced, but summer is in full swing in this country. ![]() Police in Italy find shipment of coffee beans stuffed with cocaine ![]() It registered a record 9,654 new daily coronavirus cases on Friday and 100 deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 7,993.Police in Italy find shipment of coffee beans stuffed with cocaine Guardia di Finanza However, it is seeing a rapid increase in confirmed cases that is straining the health care system, with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven describing the situation as "very serious". The Scandinavian country has not gone into lockdowns or closed businesses, relying instead on people's common sense to control infections. The government is also now recommending face masks are worn on public transport. Sweden, which has had a comparatively hands-off response to the pandemic and has tried not to let it disrupt normal life, is introducing its toughest restrictions yet.Ĭurbs on the numbers that can gather in restaurants, shops and gyms start from next week, while people have been told to work from home. The increased measures there come as several countries in Europe which had contained the coronavirus early in the pandemic are now seeing a rise in cases, prompting tough action in the run-up to Christmas. Image: Sweden is introducing its toughest restrictions yet amid a surge in coronavirus cases ![]()
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