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BBC Headline       28th March 2020

A 3D-printed ventilator designed for Spain's coronavirus patients.

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One of these ventilators costs less than 500 euros to build and takes a week to design. Its creators claim that everybody having access to a 3D printer can print it. In addition, they affirm that the design files would be shared freely in order to help patients who need it to breath.

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Can this 3D-printed ventilator help Spain?

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A team took a week to design an emergency-use ventilator out of 3D-printed parts

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The Group Making Beautiful Quarantine Songs on a Barcelona Rooftop

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The Group Making Beautiful Quarantine Songs on a Barcelona Rooftop

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Stay Homas is a group of 3 Catalan musicians who share an apartment in BCN, They have decided to start playing a series of songs, in different languages and genres, about the lockdown. Word started to spread in the Catalan music scene, and, as other artists offered to collaborate, the three watched as their social-media accounts went from having a few thousand followers to tens of thousands, practically overnight. Now they have a dedicated Instagram page, a Twitter account and a YouTube channel devoted to this project. Here is one of their newest songs. Enjoy!

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Earlier this month, when the Spanish government ordered a national lockdown in response to the coronavirus, Rai Benet, Klaus Stroink, and Guillem Boltó, Catalan musicians in their twenties, who share an apartment with a rooftop terrace in Barcelona, did the only logical thing. They took a trumpet, trombone, and guitar upstairs, along with some beers, and started to riff. "It wasn't anything serious," Stroink told me. "We were just trying to come up with some lyrics about the quarantine." A few drinks in, they hit on a bossa-nova tune, with a smattering of words in Portuguese and some gentle, Brazilian-style patter. Not all the harmonies quite lined up, and they blanked on some lyrics while singing. But they recorded themselves anyway, then posted an Instagram story, to entertain other friends who were stuck inside.

The "likes" rolled in, and the next day they carried on, this time with a reggae beat and a chorus line in English ("Please stay homa. / Don't want the corona. / It's O.K. to be alona.") Midway through the song, Stroink pulled out a cell phone to reveal a friend, the reggae singer Sr. Wilson, who performed a rap solo from his own apartment. Word started to spread in the Catalan music scene, and, as other artists offered to collaborate, the three watched as their social-media accounts went from having a few thousand followers to tens of thousands, practically overnight. Now they have a dedicated Instagram page (@stay.homas), Twitter account, and YouTube channel devoted to the project-a series of songs, in different languages and genres, about the lockdown. As of this writing, they've posted nine. "Maybe you can forget for a moment that everything is so strange and dramatic," Stroink told me. "But we also want to give a message of responsibility: 'Please stay home. Do what the authorities say!' "

There's a song sung in a rumba style (galloping beat, hand-clapping) that opens with the lines Yo pensaba que la corona era una cerveza. / Yo pensaba que la corona era para la princesa ("I thought corona was just a beer. / I thought corona was something for a princess to wear"). ( Corona is Spanish for "crown.") One song is modelled on trap music (heavy beat, synthesizer); another, featuring the Catalan singer Judit Neddermann, is a blend of gospel, soul, and doo-wop. They sing it in English, with a hitch or two. They only learned later, for instance, that "confination" wasn't an actual word. It still sounded good: "I got to be patient, so let's enjoy this confination."

Each song requires multiple takes, and hours of preparation. The degree of difficulty increases every day. How many puns can you invent about a pandemic? "We wake up and have no fucking clue what we're going to do. We make some coffee and sit with the guitar," Stroink said. Then they not only have to perfect the song but learn the musical parts and memorize the lyrics. They send the chord changes and the rough chorus line, via WhatsApp, to the artist they're collaborating with, who then records a solo and sends it back to them. Recording starts at sundown, which affords the best light, but on at least one occasion they wound up singing in the dark ("We didn't like the takes"). Judging from their output, you wouldn't know that the songwriting is getting harder. Version seven, featuring the dazzling Venezuelan singer Ahyvin Bruno, may be their best yet-a Cuban son, an Afro-Caribbean style, on which Stroink and Boltó play trumpet and trombone with cup mutes. Once a song is uploaded, they clock out-a solid day's work. "Then, finally," Stroink said, "we're free and can go watch Netflix."

A Guide to the Coronavirus

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The Group Making Beautiful Quarantine Songs on a Barcelona Rooftop

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Earlier this month, when the Spanish government ordered a national lockdown in response to the coronavirus, Rai Benet, Klaus Stroink, and Guillem Boltó, Catalan musicians in their twenties, who share an apartment with a rooftop terrace in Barcelona, did the only logical thing.

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Lockdown in Barcelona. Stay Homas songs encourage people to stay safe at home

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Lockdown in Barcelona. Stay Homas songs encourage people to stay safe at home

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STAY HOMAS, Judit Neddermann - Gotta Be Patient (Confination Song VI)

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#ThisIsRealSpain  30-03-2020
Help for the elderly and people at risk

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As we know this disease is more dangerous for old persons or people with some disease, so In Spain the have started an Initiative. Some neighbors put a poster in the main door where it says that if some old person or someone with some sickness can’t go to buy food or medicine, they can say them and the neighbors will go for the food and the medicine for the old persons or persons with a disease to evade danger.

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The global outbreak of coronavirus, especially in Spain, is producing situations we could never have imagined possible a few months ago: thousands of people infected, hospital and health services inundated, businesses and the economy paralysed and, above all, millions of people and their families hoping that together, we will be able to overcome this crisis. Difficult times however, often bring out the very best in people. From campaigns encouraging people to stay at home for the next few weeks, to young people offering to help the elderly cope with this difficult situation, we, the Spanish people, are once again demonstrating to the world one of our most renowned traits: our solidarity.

Help for the elderly and people at risk

These days many apartment blocks are becoming the best reflection of the solidarity among neighbours who, under normal circumstances, may not even know each other. In many apartment blocks, posters have been put up offering to do the shopping or pick up medicine from the pharmacy, for elderly people and those who are most at risk, in order to prevent them from going out and risking infection. Hundreds of university students, unemployed people, teachers and teleworkers are offering to help any way they can within their apartment block, in their neighbourhood and via social media platforms, WhatsApp groups and even advertising platforms.

Esto también es Madrid: vecinos que se ofrecen a hacerle la compra gratis a otros vecinos mayores o enfermos por el coronavirus. La solidaridad se abre paso incluso cuando parece que sólo hay egoísmo pic.twitter.com/AJkzr8vBHP

- Miguel Ángel Medina (@locodelpelorojo) March 13, 2020

Pues @Junquera_ y yo nos sumamos a la iniciativa de @tienes_sal y ayudar a nuestros vecinos que más lo necesiten. pic.twitter.com/f6F4Tk9E3l

- Anzony Durán (@AnzonyDuran) March 14, 2020

Stay-at-home concerts

Can you imagine attending a music festival on social media, from the comfort of your own home? This is the idea behind #YoMeQuedoEnCasaFestival, a concept created by Franchejo Blázquez (@franchejo on Twitter) that went viral in a matter of hours and had the support of artists such as, Alfred García, Dani Fernández, David Otero, Diana Navarro, DVicio, Funambulista, Vega, Nil Moliner and Rozalén, among others. During the 13th, 14th and 15th of March these singers will be streaming their talent via social media, in an effort to make staying at home a little more enjoyable.

Efectivamente, ayer se me ocurrió #YomequedoencasaFestival y hoy es una realidad. GRACIAS a todos los artistas y trabajadores de la industria musical por hacerlo tan fácil. Todos atentos al Instagram https://t.co/4WzKOI8MVx donde iremos informando de horarios y cambios. pic.twitter.com/4OsnhJE8FB

- Franchejo Blázquez 🏳️‍🌈 (@Franchejo) March 13, 2020

Quarantine Fest arose due to the cancellation of concerts around the country. It will begin on16 March and feature around thirty independent musicians who will offer stay-at-home concerts until the 27 March.

Porque la cascada de cancelaciones no nos va a parar, porque la música no la detiene nadie. Por eso nace #CuarentenaFest un festival de música en streaming en tiempos difíciles. Del 16 al 27 de marzo https://t.co/skJwN9VIMC pic.twitter.com/faudN6Vcyj

- Cuarentena Fest (@CuarentenaFest) March 13, 2020

Blood donation

On 13 March the Health Department of Madrid launched an urgent appeal to the public to donate blood, as stock had dropped drastically, due to donors respecting hospital visitation restrictions. In a matter of hours after the appeal, the Department of Health and the Transfusion Centre publicly thanked the citizens of Madrid for the overwhelming response of almost 1,500 blood donors, exceeding the 900 daily blood donations that are needed under normal circumstances.

🛑IMPORTANTE: Gracias a la masiva respuesta al llamamiento no es necesaria más sangre.
Desde el jueves se han recibido 4000 donaciones
🛑A partir de este momento SOLO deben acudir los DONANTES CONVOCADOS expresamente por sms o mail al lugar que se indique.
MILES DE GRACIAS! pic.twitter.com/iLUIflUybj

- Centro de Transfusión (@Madridonasangre) March 14, 2020

Hotels, joining the cause

Due to the rapid increase in coronavirus cases and the urgent need for more ICU beds to handle more severe cases, some hotel owners have made several of their hotels available to the authorities to help cope with the health emergencies caused by the outbreak. Kike Sarasola, of the Room Mate Hotel Group, was quickly joined by Abel Matutes, of the Palladium Hotel Group, and Ilunion Hotels. The Hotel Business Association of Madrid (AEHM-acronym in Spanish) has also received several offers from other hotels, offering their establishments, and is waiting to receive instructions from the authorities to see how to best cover the current health needs. In addition to the hotels in Madrid, establishments have also been offered in Malaga, Seville, Granada, Lorca, Oviedo, Lanzarote and other areas of Spain.

Free taxis for healthcare workers

Taxi drivers are also joining the cause and showing their solidarity: they announced on 13 March that taxi drivers in Madrid will transport doctors and healthcare workers who need to travel to hospitals or homes in the capital for coronavirus emergencies or even when they are off duty. The campaign, "Taxi drivers, Madrid needs you", organised by various taxi companies, is encouraging drivers to participate and so far the response has been very positive.

Gracias por los cientos de email y llamadas telefónicas de adhesión para prestar servicio voluntario para el traslado de personal sanitario, les enviaremos más info detallada. El servicio comienza el lunes a las 08:00 h. ♥️♥️TAXI DE MADRID♥️♥️ pic.twitter.com/LgumQiowFR

- RTTaxi (@RTTaxi) March 14, 2020

Online teachers and more accessible culture

Hundreds of thousands of students have been left, until further notice, without classes. To avoid a radical halt in their learning, some teachers have already volunteered to give classes online or have made educational material available online and on social media platforms, which can be used by parents, teachers and students at home.

A lo largo de estos años, he ido seleccionando y publicando en uno de mis blogs👉 @AyudaMaestros 👈 muchos recursos TIC y actividades interactivas gratuitas. Si en este momento, os pueden servir de apoyo y de complemento, ¡bienvenidas sean! Aquí os dejo algunas. Abro hilo. 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/YsKe1J4QX9

- Manu Velasco (@Manu___Velasco) March 14, 2020

In addition, some authors have offered free access to their work to make the quarantine period over the next few weeks a little easier, such as the novelist and playwright Nando López (@Nando_Lopez_), who has provided videos of several performances of his plays:

Para quienes estos días extraños quieran ver teatro en casa y también para los docentes que deseen compartirlo con su alumnado, @somosLaJoven lanza en abierto la grabación de #LaEdadDeLaIra. Desde hoy podéis disfrutarla en cualquier lugar del mundo: https://t.co/VBlURBEBV2 pic.twitter.com/PFoHJDWgzc

- Nando López 🏳️‍🌈 (@Nando_Lopez_) March 13, 2020

Or the writer Juan Gómez Jurado (@JuanGomezJurado on Twitter), who has released one of his novels in ebook format and reduced the price of some of his other work.

En el ebook de El Paciente no he conseguido ofrecer un buen precio, he decidido que lo voy a poner gratis hasta que pase #CoronavirusEsp, para ayudar a la gente a #YoMeQuedoEnCasa

El link 👉🏽 https://t.co/08KjXjRj0e. Os agradezco RT a este tuit y al de arriba.

- Juan Gómez-Jurado (@JuanGomezJurado) March 14, 2020

Cultural institutions such as the Prado Museum, which has had to close its doors due to the coronavirus outbreak, has also wanted to offer the public online alternatives and has intensified its activity on social media platforms, offering videos with live commentaries on the works of the great masters of painting and reminding the public of all the informative material that is available on their website for the whole family.

A massive response on social media from doctors

During the next few weeks, people should avoid going to hospitals for general consultations related to coronavirus unless they are specifically indicated to do so by medical professionals or in the case of an emergency, to avoid the risk of possible infection. With the increase in cases there has been an overwhelming response from doctors from other specialties who are volunteering on social media to attend to patients, even if this means doing so via telematic services, in order to help with consultations, queries from patients, pregnant women, people with dermatological problems or those in need of psychological assistance or support, among others. Healthcare workers are, once again, showing their enormous dedication to helping others.

¡Hola! Soy matrona, si alguna mujer embarazada tiene dudas que consultar y no puede acudir a su centro de salud puede consultarme por privado. Se agradece difusión.

- Blanca SC (@Blancaytal) March 14, 2020

¡Hola! Soy Traumatólogo, especialista en Ortopedia Infantil y Pie y Tobillo. Si alguien tiene un problema relacionado pero no lo considera tan grave como para acudir a urgencias en estas circunstancias puede consultarme por privado. #YoMeQuedoEnCasa
Se agradece difusión.

- Juampe Garcia Paños (@drjpgarciapanos) March 14, 2020

Streaming services and online magazines to cope with confinement at home

In addition to streaming concerts, free access to ebooks and plays, or educational material from teachers and cultural centres, some entertainment companies are facilitating the use of their platforms to make staying at home during the next few weeks more bearable. This is the case of Movistar Plus, which has announced that its contents will be available on Movistar Lite completely free of charge until 30 April, and has also increased its children's contents, now that schools are closed.

Televisión Española, meanwhile, has prepared a list of popular Spanish films available on its online platform, including Anacleto, Agente Secreto, Embarazados, Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados and Mi Gran Noche.

A similar initiative has been taken on by the Hearst publishing group, which until 1 April will offer free access to the digital versions of its 19 Spanish publications, including Cosmopolitan, Esquite, Diez Minutos, Fotogramas, Casa Diez and Super Tele.

A whole country applauding health workers

On the night of March 14, at 10:00 pm, the power of mobilization of social networks and WhatsApp was noticed when, unanimously in cities and towns of Spain, thousands and thousands of citizens came out to their balconies and windows to offer a round of applause dedicated to the health personnel.

This is a clear sign of citizen unity and of the capacity for gathering that we Spaniards can generate when we row in the same direction.

🇪🇸 #España tiene uno de los mejores sistemas sanitarios y es uno de los países más solidarios del mundo.

👏🏻 Hoy rendimos homenaje a los miles de profesionales que están combatiendo el #COVID19 en primera línea.#EsteVirusLoParamosUnidos pic.twitter.com/j2Y8NoUlLO

- Exteriores (@MAECgob) March 14, 2020

The solidarity of the Chinese community in Spain

The Chinese community also wanted to pitch in during this health crisis. Through their own initiative some of its citizens have started to help with small gestures such as distributing surgical masks to the residents of the Usera neighbourhood in Madrid, where the largest Asian population resides. The Chinese authorities have also shown their solidarity and as they did with Italy (where they sent 30 tonnes of medical supplies and a team of experts) they have announced that the next shipment of medical supplies will be to Spain.

Un lote de suministros médicos procedentes de #China llegó a #Europa y van en camino a #Italia, #España y la primera línea. El lote incluye 1,8 millones de mascarillas y 100.000 reactivos. #COVID19 https://t.co/rstbibHxXR

- Embajada de China en España (@ChinaEmbEsp) March 12, 2020

These are just a few of the ways that the Spanish people and indeed all citizens are showing their solidarity in a time that is as difficult, as it is unprecedented in our country. There are most definitely dozens of other solidarity initiatives that have taken place or that are being organised to take place in the coming weeks, all of which deserve the highest of recognition. These gestures, big and small show that together, we can overcome even the most difficult situations.

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Solidarity, is key to helping us through difficult times | #ThisIsTheRealSpain

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The global outbreak of coronavirus, especially in Spain, is producing situations we could never have imagined possible a few months ago: thousands of people infected, hospital and health services inundated, businesses and the economy paralysed and, above all, millions of people and their families hoping that together, we will be able to overcome this crisis.

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To show "support, affection and solidarity" with the people of the world affected by the disease, an event was held in Barcelona.

During the event, a large blank canvas was unfolded on which a message of support and encouragement was written in Chinese, Catalan and Spanish aimed at those who "fight tirelessly" to save the lives of those affected by the virus and contain the disease .

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Barcelona shows solidarity with Coronavirus victims around the world

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Event in city center sees blank canvas filled with messages of support for those in China and elsewhere affected by the disease

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In several places in Spain, they have joined a solidarity project for health workers. It consists of making face masks with 3D printers.

Also, some people are doing them with household items.

A company in Elche is designing a basic ventilator to facilitate health centers.

In Cádiz, they have designed a system to complete the patient's ventilation system and expand the lung.

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(ANS - Madrid) - In the context of the emergency and suffering caused by Covid-19, the Salesian houses of Palma del Río, Elche, Cadiz, Martí Codolar, Atocha, Pamplona, ​​Puertollano, Salamanca or Santander, among others, have put their gifts at the service of various collaboration initiatives with Spanish healthcare centers.

" We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." This phrase, attributed to Mother Teresa of Calcutta, can summarize the sense of solidarity sown by the Salesian presence in the face of Covid-19.

In times of crisis, human solidarity shows its best side: in this case, by highlighting the disinterested resources that begin to flow from the Salesian presence to reach the Spanish health system.

The Salesians of Palma del Río (Córdoba) have joined the coordinated project throughout Spain to produce elements for the individual protection of health workers with 3D printers. The Salesians are contributing to the creation of a thousand protective visors, the first of which will be delivered to the "Reina Sofía" hospital.

The same devices are also being produced by the Martí Codolar Social Education Platform (Barcelona).

At the same time, a teacher from the "Mary Help of Christians" educational center in Salamanca participates in a group of 154 people who are making new anti-spray visors. The material was presented to the healthcare offices of Castile and León together with the design of a device for ventilation. "If they accept it, many can be produced in a short time," says the teacher.

The Salesian centers in Santander, Madrid-Atocha or Puertollano see professors and students busy making masks with the materials readily available in their respective homes.

With the contribution of teachers, students and past pupils of the local Salesian institute, a company from Elche is designing a basic ventilator to supply the health centers.

The teachers of Engineering of the Salesians of Pamplona, ​​in collaboration with the past pupil Pablo Goñi of Noxon Technology, collaborate with the Navarre hospital complex in the realization of elements necessary for respirators.

Finally, news came from Cadiz that Juan Camacho, professor of Electronics at the local Salesian Vocational Training School, co-designed a new system to complete the patient ventilation system and expand the lung, bringing oxygen to the poorly ventilated areas.

"This virus represents an unprecedented threat, but also an unprecedented opportunity to unite us as everyone against an enemy of humanity," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization.

The Salesians are working in this new scenario in the awareness that every little drop made will add to the ocean of solidarity initiatives against Covid-19.

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(ANS - Madrid) - In the context of the emergency and suffering caused by Covid-19, the Salesian houses of Palma del Río, Elche, Cadiz, Martí Codolar, Atocha, Pamplona, ​​Puertollano, Salamanca or Santander, among others, have put their gifts at the service of various collaboration initiatives with Spanish healthcare centers.

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"Letters with a soul", an initiative to help people admitted and isolated by Covid-19.

The heroine of this story is Cristina Marín Campos, Adjunct doctor of General Surgery and Digestive Diseases, and sent an audio by WhatsApp to her closest family and friends. She is
a doctor from the La Princesa Hospital in Madrid. The objective? Promote an initiative to help people admitted and isolated by the coronavirus.

In less than 24 hours, Cristina has already managed to gather more than 35,000 letters of support, according to a video published from the profile of the official health officer of the Community of Madrid, in which she also thanks the collaboration of all those they have joined

You just have to write a letter with a message of encouragement. Tell them who you are, what your first name is, how old you are, what you study or what you do, tell them a story that makes them escape from isolation.
"Coronavirus patients are in brutal isolation, they are completely alone, separated from their families," Cristina explains in the opening audio, "Many of them even know that their relatives are in other rooms, intubated in the ICU or that They are even dying. "

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Madrid, Spain - Spaniards have been urged to write letters to coronavirus patients in hospital.

Alone in isolation wards and with only limited contact with medical staff, some patients have become depressed, said the organisers behind the letter-writing campaign, who hope the messages will help lift spirits.

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The initiative, "We will beat coronavirus", has drawn huge support with children and adults sending letters by email to hospitals across Spain.

The move came as health authorities said more than 13,700 people tested positive with coronavirus in Spain on Wednesday, with the national death toll standing at 598.

The number of people diagnosed with the disease has risen by 2,500 in just over 24 hours. Spain has the world's fourth-highest number of cases after China, Italy and Iran.

Spanish medical staff have asked letter-writers to include some information about themselves if they want to help the recipients to imagine who is writing to them.

Natalia Silva, a doctor at Hospital San Juan de Deu, near Barcelona, told Al Jazeera: "In our hospital, like many others, there many people with coronavirus, some in intensive care.

"One of the problems is that these patients live in complete isolation. They are alone, far from their families. Some know that their relatives are also in isolation in an equally bad situation. The doctors can only see them once a day."

Dr Silva added: "This situation has caused sadness and terrible anxiety and for those who have been cured, post-traumatic stress."

She said at the hospital where she worked, medics and administrators were struggling to cope with the rising number of patients showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Fifty patients there were being treated for coronavirus, and five had died. There was also a lack of protective masks and alcohol which is used as a disinfectant, said Dr Silva.

Una de nuestras escolares, madre de uno de nuestros alumnos, nos invita a participar en una bonita iniciativa: escribir cartas a enfermos que están aislados. Ha preparado un texto que os copio.⬇️ Incluye un correo al cual enviar los mensajes. Cómo no unirnos!
Muchas gracias! pic.twitter.com/yOmkL5DEP0
- Francisco Galera (@franciscogale00) March 18, 2020

After the initiative was launched, 30 letters arrived at the Barcelona hospital within hours.

One message said: "My name is Kim, I am French and the mother of three children.

"A person at the hospital explained how difficult it is to live in isolation and without doubt you feel lonely and abandoned.

"I would like to tell you many people are thinking of you and how brave you are fighting against this illness. The doctors, even though they cannot be with you all the time, are there caring for you and fighting with you.

"We wish you all the best and remember that if you keep your spirits up it also helps to fight infections. Try to think this will be over soon. Don't let this get you down."

Another letter read: "These words are addressed to you but it could be me who is in your place now.

"I know you want to be close to your loved ones because the encouragement of their love is irreplaceable. From my side, I want to send you all my support and love. I am encouraged by the way people in this country have become aware and are spreading love.

"I want you to know that you are not alone, that we think of you every day."

Lorena Balsells, the coordinator of the Foundation Antonio Cabre, a charitable foundation in Barcelona involved in the letters project, told Al Jazeera: "We have asked the community to stand with these patients by sending letters, drawings or by donating face masks.

"One company which has face masks for industrial painting has donated them to the hospital to help the medical staff."

Children have also sent in drawings to cheer up patients.

One showed three doctors with the message: "Solidarity with medical staff."
If you would like to join the campaign, email: cartas.venceremos.covid19@gmail.com

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Madrid, Spain - Spaniards have been urged to write letters to coronavirus patients in hospital. Alone in isolation wards and with only limited contact with medical staff, some patients have become depressed, said the organisers behind the letter-writing campaign, who hope the messages will help lift spirits.

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Susana-Adecco will provide free training programs

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This is a difficult time for everyone, but especially for those who have lost their jobs and may require some source of income, and fast. Adecco offers free training and job reorientation programs during the COVID-19 crisis. These training programs for user skills, more than 70, which until now have been commercialized for companies, completely free in view of the exceptional situation.

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The Adecco Group Spain announced that it will be offering free training and job programs for all citizens in Spain, including for those who are unemployed.

The free training is made up of two initiatives. The first consists of a platform to access more than 70 free training programs, divided into nine thematic blocks.

The second initiative, aimed at those considered most vulnerable including the unemployed and those affected by insolvency and dismissals, will offer a three-month online relocation program, aimed at improving employability in order to enter the workforce quickly.

Chief Marketing and Communication Officer of Adecco Group Spain Jesús Cubero, says that a year ago at this time they were launching "Your Purpose" with the aim of helping people find their personal, social and work purpose without knowing the serious health situation that would come ahead.

"Now more than ever, our purpose as a company is reaffirmed and for this reason we are putting various tools to help, free of charge, for people who work from home, for those who offer their services daily and for those have lost their job," Cubero said.

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Spain - Adecco Group Spain will offer free training and job reorientation programs during the Covid-19 crisis

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The Adecco Group Spain announced that it will be offering free training and job programs for all citizens in Spain, including for those who are unemployed. The free training is made up of two initiatives. The first consists of a platform to access more than 70 free training programs, divided into nine thematic blocks.

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Oriol-Seat factory respiratos instead of cars.

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Oriol-Seat factory respiratos instead of cars.

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In spain many respirators are very needed in ver close to barcelona a seat factory is creating respirators to be able to help.

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22 de marzo de 2020 (17:26 CET)

Sin ruido de motores desde el lunes, la actividad de la planta de Seat en Martorell (Barcelona) no se detiene por completo. Son varias las empresas que ya se han puesto a disposición del Gobierno para la elaboración de material sanitario para hacer frente al coronavirus y el fabricante de automóviles quiere aprovechar sus instalaciones para la fabricación de utensilios más complejos de lo que pueden ser las clásicas mascarillas como son los respiradores, que ya comienzan a escasear en los hospitales españoles.

Un portavoz de la empresa explica a Economía Digital que, por el momento, el proyecto se encuentra en fase de pruebas debido a que los protocolos de sanidad son muy estrictos. "El objetivo es ayudar en todo lo que sea posible y ojalá podamos anunciar buenas noticias pronto", señala. Tampoco existe todavía una proyección de los volúmenes que se podrían ensamblar en la instalación catalana.

Además, el exsenador de PodemosÓscar Guardingo destacó el sábado en Twitter que el centro de Seat Componentes, ubicado en El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona), también fabricaba levas para respiradores. Igual que Martorell, la fábrica también bajó su persiana con la declaración del ERTE para 14.800 personas presentado por la organización el lunes.

Respirador fabricado en SEAT Martorell, con un motor de limpiaparabrisas y piezas 3D.
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- Marc (@tierraymadera) March 22, 2020

Seat ya anunció el pasado viernes que el Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona, la multinacional HP, la firma de impresión 3D Leitat y la propia automovilística habían puesto al servicio de las autoridades su servicio de impresión 3D y los profesionales destinados a ellos "para dar respuesta a las necesidades que puedan surgir vinculadas a la lucha contra la propagación del Covid-19".

La propuesta se presentó a la Unión Europea, el Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo, y la Generalitat de Cataluña. A los tres se les informó del listado de equipos y recursos: desde técnicos y diseñadores hasta equipamientos de software e impresión.

Seat bajó la persiana el lunes

Seat se implica así en la lucha contra el coronavirus después de cerrar la fábrica el lunes "hasta nuevo aviso". Ese mismo día, el mayor fabricante de coches de España presentó un expediente de regulación temporal de empleo (ERTE) para sus 14.800 empleados.

Que el ERTE sea presentado para la totalidad de la plantilla no significa que vaya afectar a todos. De hecho, lo más probable es que se centre en los empleados que ocupan las plantas productivas y no termine por golpear a buena parte del personal que trabaja en las oficinas. La marca complementará hasta un 80% del salario normal la prestación que recibirán los trabajadores.

En un comunicado, Seat añadió que ha dado permisos a todas las trabajadores embarazadas, que cobrarán la totalidad de su sueldo. También garantiza el 100% del salario para los empleados en cuarentena por haber estado en contacto con personas que hayan dado positivo en un test para la detección del Covid-19 y aquellos que se encuentren confinados en áreas como Igualada (Barcelona), cerrada por la Generalitat.

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Coronavirus: Seat fabrica respiradores para combatirlo

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22 de marzo de 2020 (17:26 CET) Sin ruido de motores desde el lunes, la actividad de la planta de Seat en Martorell (Barcelona) no se detiene por completo.

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Jägermeister donates alcohol to produce desinfactants 

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Jägermeister donates alcohol to produce desinfactants 

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Article by:
Welt 24th March 2020
Summary:
During the epedemic many people brought so much  desinfactants, that there are not enough for the hospitals any more.
Some manufacturers of alcoholic drinks, like Jägermeister or Berentzen, donated together more than 100000l alcohol to produce desinfactants. The alcohol goes to pharmacys and hospitals, which are able to produce desinfactants. The desinfactants are reserved for the hospitals, where they are very important.
The goverment changed some laws, so other kinds of industry are allowed to produce desinfactants too and not just the pharmaindusty.

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On Monday, police in Madrid, Spain, asked the public for donations of full-face snorkel masks in the country's desperate struggle with the coronavirus

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On Monday, police in Madrid, Spain, asked the public for donations of full-face snorkel masks in the country's desperate struggle with the coronavirus.

The masks can be turned into parts for makeshift ventilators, a medical device used to feed oxygen to patients with severe difficulty breathing.

It's a method that was pioneered by engineers in Italy, when the country started running out of ventilators.

Italy and Spain have had a similarly brutal outbreak of the coronavirus, and have the highest and second-highest death tolls in the world.

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Spanish citizens are being asked to donate their snorkeling masks to help sick coronavirus patients.

On Monday, police in Madrid put a call out for full-face snorkeling masks on Twitter.

Such masks can be attached to a ventilator with a 3D-printed valve, splitting a single ventilator between multiple patients.

-Policía Municipal de Madrid (@policiademadrid) March 30, 2020

It's a method that was developed by engineers in Italy, who have faced a similar shortage of ventilators due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to AFP. Italy and Spain are the two countries which, as of March 31, have the highest death tolls in the world from the virus.

Other countries have gone on to adopt the masks as well.

Frederic Bonnier, a respiratory physiotherapist at the Erasme Hospital in Brussels, helped design the valve to connect these masks to a BiPAP machine, a particular subset of ventilator.

A BiPAP machine is similar to a CPAP, the kind of ventilator which helps people with sleep apnea - a condition that disrupts breathing during sleep.

Pressurized air is funneled into the mask, giving a patient more oxygen and preventing their lungs from collapsing.

This method was designed for people who have "severe respiratory problems."

The method is not used for the most serious cases, which woud require a different type of ventilator, a device that completely takes over breathing for a person whose lungs are not working.

Sports retailer Decathlon has stopped online sales of these full-face snorkel masks, and is donating their supply to hospitals in need, according to their Spanish and British websites.

As of Tuesday, Spain was the third hardest-hit country in the coronavirus outbreak, with more than 94,000 cases and 8,189 deaths.

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Spanish police are asking people to donate snorkel masks to build makeshift ventilators for its overwhelming number of coronavirus patients

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On Monday, police in Madrid, Spain, asked the public for donations of full-face snorkel masks in the country's desperate struggle with the coronavirus. The masks can be turned into parts for makeshift ventilators, a medical device used to feed oxygen to patients with severe difficulty breathing.

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Coronavirus. March 29, Marche: 31 dead. Italy: 756 deaths, positive increase 3851. "Data decreasing in recent days". 

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Coronavirus. March 29, Marche: 31 dead. Italy: 756 deaths, positive increase 3851. "Data decreasing in recent days". 

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Despite the frighteningly high numbers of deaths, there is a 10-15% reduction in infections. Even in intensive care there were about 100 cases less than a few days ago. These values ​​give us a little hope even if they are not enough to calm fear.

Article by: picenooggi
Sara C.

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Coronavirus in Italy: Solidarity in the time of disease

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Coronavirus in Italy: Solidarity in the time of disease

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Italians affected by the coronavirus outbreak are describing the situation as "being in a war." With parts of the country in virtual lockdown, young volunteers are providing a little solace, especially for the elderly.
Young people aged between 25 and 30 from a local cultural association called Sparwasser, set up an initiative to help elderly residents — who are following the most stringent self-isolation rules — with their shopping and other errands. Other groups in Rome and elsewhere around the country soon followed in their footsteps. (From DW)
Giorgia C.

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Chiara Ferragni, Fedez Raise 3.3 Million Euros in Fight Against Coronavirus Crisis.

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Chiara Ferragni, Fedez Raise 3.3 Million Euros in Fight Against Coronavirus Crisis.

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Digital entrepreneur Chiara Ferragni and her husband, musician Fedez, are doing their part to fight the coronavirus crisis. They used their poupularity to support a fund-raiser aimed at building new hospital beds in the intensive care area of Milan’s San Raffaele hospital.
They contributed to raise the impressive amount of 3.3 milion Euros.

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Italian priest dies of coronavirus after giving up his ventilator to help others

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Italian priest dies of coronavirus after giving up his ventilator to help others

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Article by: CBS NEWS
In Italy, the lack of ventilators because of the coronavirus pandemic is forcing doctors and nurses to make heartbreaking decisions of who lives and who dies. Infected with COVID-19, a 72-year-old Italian priest Don Giuseppe Berardelli chose to put others' lives before his own by giving up his ventilator to save the life of a younger patient who couldn't breathe. He lived in a small town near Bergamo (one of the areas hardest hit in Northern Italy) and he had been suffering from a respiratory condition for some time, but despite this he decided to make an act of love. Someone already calls him a "Martyr of Charity".
Giulia C.

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It’s during hard times that we discover the importance of other’s help. Hundreds of doctors, nurses and medical stuff arrived here in Italy thanks to other country that, understanding the situation, have decided to give their help. It was a real sign of kindness and comprehension that could help everyone in learning the importance of others.

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One of the initiatives present in Italy against coronavirus is that of the ministry called "digital solidarity" with which we try to help all people, students and workers dealing with smart working in order to avoid accidents and problems encountered by workers.
Luca S.

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'We're stressed out': Supermarket workers in Italy fear exposure to coronavirus

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'We're stressed out': Supermarket workers in Italy fear exposure to coronavirus

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As customers continue to shop daily, touch the food, and even lick their fingers before counting out money, Italy's exhausted and anxious supermarket staff say they're being left overly exposed to the coronavirus. For example, last week, a 33-year-old supermarket security guard also died of the virus. Most part of the supermarkets’ workers is so scared of this situation that they are afraid of bringing something back at home.
Samuele

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Coronavirus: Italy’s worst-hit region builds new hospital in 10 days

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Coronavirus: Italy’s worst-hit region builds new hospital in 10 days

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Article by: Indipendent
An exhibition centre in Milan has been converted in just 10 days into Italy’s largest intensive care facility for Coronavirus patients. It is Italy's largest intensive care facility for Coronavirus patients, it will provide CT scans and it will accommodate 200 patients in need of intensive care.  Lombardy president Attilio Fontana told reporters that the hospital is the symbol of their victory against coronavirus.
Roberta E.

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Decathlon donates 10,000 diving masks for coronavirus emergencies.

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Decathlon donates 10,000 diving masks for coronavirus emergencies.

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From the Easybreath snorkeling masks it was possible to create new respirators for coronavirus patients. To have this intuition was Isinnova, a Brescia-based company, which thought of modifying simple products sold by Decathlon Italia. The important chain of sports clothing and accessories immediately made available, immediately providing the product design that was studied, dismantled and modified with the addition of the new component for the connection to the respirator. He decided to give 10 thousand masks.
Lorenzo

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MSF starts COVID-19 response activities in four northern Italian hospitals

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MSF starts COVID-19 response activities in four northern Italian hospitals

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The article talks about teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Italy which are providing support to Italian health authorities in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. MSF staff are based in four hospitals in the northern Italian province of Lodi, the place of the outbreak in the country.

The MSF team is composed of Italian infectious disease specialists, anaesthetists, nurses and logisticians, who work in collaboration with the personnel of hospitals on a number of activities, such as disease prevention and care for patients. (Article from MSF)

Giorgia S.

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Since the number of infections is rising at a slower rate each day, the Italian government decided to extend its lockdown until 13 April. Silvio Brusaferro, the president of Italy’s Higher Health Institute (ISS), explained that this cases’ decrease doesn’t mean we’ve hit the peak and that it’s over, but that we must start the descent by applying the measures in force.
(Source: The Guardian)
Chiara

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Leavened italian response plan for coronavirus Emergency.
The Council of Ministers raised the appropriation to 25 billion euros to face the extraordinary situation that the country is experiencing: it is 1.1% of the italian domestic product.
The proposto was then approved by    the Chamber of Deputies.
Giacomo D. B.

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Campanian rappers, are united al together to raise monte to help Hospitals in Campania that are overloaded by the large influx of people in the hospitals. This is a big prove of the civic and patriotic sense of singers towards their land.
Article written by me, based on Instagram profiles of rappers many famous, for example @clementinoiena or @realgeolier2

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Giorgio Armani Makes Donation to Fight Coronavirus in Italy

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Giorgio Armani Makes Donation to Fight Coronavirus in Italy

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Giorgio Armani has donated 1.25 million euros to a range of Italian hospitals and institutions involved in fighting the coronavirus spread in the country. The Luigi Sacco and San Raffaele hospitals and the Istituto dei Tumori in Milan as well as the Istituto Lazzaro Spallanzani in Rome will benefit from the donation. The amount will additionally support the activities of the country’s civil defense.
(From WWD)
Flavia R.

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Valentino, Gucci, Prada: from masks to donation: high fashion united against coronavirus

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Valentino, Gucci, Prada: from masks to donation: high fashion united against coronavirus

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Many fashion brands have decided to produce masks and lab coats for doctors, on the front line in the battle against coronavirus. Furthermore brands like Valentino have donated 2 million euros.
Luca D.

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Source: Corriere Della Sera
All the major italian entrepreneurs have joined together and they have made donations for the fight against Covid-19

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The Coronavirus is a respiratory disease.
Fabio Apera

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In this period the contagion in Italy is decreasing,but many people are still infected,among them there are 6,414 infected health workers in Italy, the average age is 49 years, unfortunately the number of dead health workers has also risen, 51 deaths from North to South Italy.

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Video games as "therapy" for Coronavirus, WHO promotes the #PlayApartTogether initiative. Playing video games in order to fight Coronavirus. The World Health Organization helped by some of the main videogame companies has launched a new campaign in the past few hours - with the hashtag #PlayApartTogether - the aim is encouraging people to follow the recommendations on social distancing to avoid the spread of Coronavirus by simply staying home and playing video games online, alone or with friends. The #PlayApartTogether initiative saw the involvement of some of the most important companies in the sector who wanted to offer all their support, encouraging players to stay at home to prevent getting infected with the virus.
Christian

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Coronavirus: a fundraising to help the San Paolo and San Carlo hospitals in Milan
a community of students and staff of MIP and the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, wants to make an actual contribution to the precious work of the healthcare staff every day struggle to treat those affected by the Coronavirus.

their aim is to help the San Paolo and San Carlo hospitals in Milan to activate new intensive care places, essential for saving lives, and to cope with the great need for single-use protective devices (masks, gloves, …) that allow doctors and nurses to operate safely.
Dario

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Cinema against coronavirus
with Chili, if you stay at home and rent a film, you will help the Gavazzeni hospital in Bergamo.For each title chosen in the dedicated section, one euro will be donated to the purchase of protective materials for the hospital's health personnel and Intensive Care equipment and Sub Intensive.

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Italy records lowest daily increase in deaths in a week .The death toll from Covid-19 in Italy has climbed by 727 to 13,155 – the lowest number since March 26.However, figures from the Civil Protection Agency show that the number of new cases rose more sharply than a few days earlier, growing by 4,782 compared to 4,053.The total number of infections confirmed in the country since February 21 now stands at 110,574.In the northern region of Lombardy, which is the epicentre of the outbreak, the daily total of both cases and deaths were up compared to the day before, a reverse of the recent trend.On Wednesday, 16,847 people in Italy had recovered from the illness, in comparison to 15,729 people on Tuesday.There were also 4,035 people in intensive care, up from a previous 4,023.Italy has publicly reported more deaths from the coronavirus than anywhere else in the world. It accounts for around 30% of all global fatalities.

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Italy records lowest daily increase in deaths in a week .The death toll from Covid-19 in Italy has climbed by 727 to 13,155 – the lowest number since March 26.However, figures from the Civil Protection Agency show that the number of new cases rose more sharply than a few days earlier, growing by 4,782 compared to 4,053.The total number of infections confirmed in the country since February 21 now stands at 110,574.In the northern region of Lombardy, which is the epicentre of the outbreak, the daily total of both cases and deaths were up compared to the day before, a reverse of the recent trend.On Wednesday, 16,847 people in Italy had recovered from the illness, in comparison to 15,729 people on Tuesday.There were also 4,035 people in intensive care, up from a previous 4,023.Italy has publicly reported more deaths from the coronavirus than anywhere else in the world. It accounts for around 30% of all global fatalities.

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Emma P.