ROME: Italy and Spain, the two countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, on Sunday (Apr 5) reported encouraging signs in their fight against ...
"This is good news but we should not let our guard down," civil protection service chief Angelo Borrelli told reporters.In Spain, officials said the number of fatalities had fallen for the third straight day.Across the Atlantic, US President Donald Trump has warned Americans to brace for a"very horrendous" number of deaths in the coming days, as the number of confirmed cases there surged past 300,000 - the highest in the world.
The elderly pontiff, who himself has been tested twice for the virus, delivered his Palm Sunday mass by livestream. Saint Peter's Square was deserted of the usual crowds and the basilica was almost empty. Officials also reported the first decline in the number of non-critical COVID-19 patients receiving hospital care in Italy, which has been under a strict lockdown for almost a month.
Builder Eduardo Lopez, 59, gave a"10/10" rating to the staff who cared for him"with tenderness and a great dose of humanity".In the United States, Trump warned on Saturday that the country was entering"a time that's going to be very horrendous".But he insisted that the world's largest economy cannot remain shut down forever, saying:"I've said it from the beginning - the cure cannot be worse than the problem.
Governments have rolled out massive, unprecedented stimulus programmes to ease the pain caused by the virus lockdowns, but economists have warned that the crisis could worsen poverty levels with millions of jobs lost.
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