Coronavirus, the latest news from Italy and the world

12.23 pm – Dadone, P.A. digital and fast
In public competitions we cannot afford more delays: the proceedings were suspended by the Cura Italia dl for 60 long days. Then, the Minister of Public Administration, Fabiana Dadone, at the hearing in the Chamber. And really, the average duration of a competition of 18 months, you can no longer think of tests in maxi classrooms. That is why we thought of an experimental rule to allow bankruptcy procedures to be carried out until the end of the year through the massive use of digital technology, decentralizing them in multiple locations throughout the territory and accelerating.

12.23 pm – Arcuri: On the masks of the liberalists on the sofa
I would very much like to speak from the trench where I have been with Dr. Borrelli and our collaborators for 40 days, to speak about the liberals who utter daily prayers from a sofa with a cocktail in hand. But no, my duty to work. Commissioner Domenico Arcuri said this during a press conference on Civil Protection, arguing with those who say that the price of the masks is done by the market, drinking their centrifuged drinks. Adding: I issued an ordinance that establishes the maximum retail price of masks in the exclusive interest of citizens, I have not issued it on the purchase price. Citizens have every right to protect themselves from the virus and if they have to pay a cost and pay to protect their health, they have the right to pay the fair price that the market pays. Four million masks have already been distributed a day and there are 47 million in the warehouses of the Regions.

12.21 – Di Maio visits Spallanzani and meets doctors and managers
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, visited the Inmi Spallanzani in Rome this morning to support and thank the work done by all our staff, Spallanzani stresses on his Facebook page publishing the photos of the meeting. .

12.16 – The number of doctors who died in Italy increases to 152
The number of doctors who died in Italy from Covid-19 increases to 152. Luigi Macori, hematologist, who died yesterday, April 27, the last name entered in the dropped list updated by the National Federation of Orders of Surgeons and Dentists (Fnomceo) .

12:15 pm – Austria, travel restrictions suspended from May 1
With May 1, Austria suspends movement restrictions, the minimum distance of one meter between people and the obligation to wear masks remain in force. The government in Vienna announced it. Starting in May, events with 10 participants and funerals with 30 people will also be allowed. In stores, the number of customers is doubled, from one person every 20 square meters and one every 10. From May 2, gradual reopening of commercial activities.

08.12 – UK Statistics, 4300 additional hospital deaths added
At least 4,316 more deaths are added to the UK coronavirus death count, according to statistics released today and updated April 17 by the Office for National Statistics (Ons), the British equivalent of Istat: Statistics limited to England and Wales , but which, unlike data published daily by the Ministry of Health, also includes all confirmed deaths recorded outside of hospitals and those in which Covid-19 is suspected to be only a contributing cause. Nearly 3,100 of these additional deaths have been identified among the elderly in nursing homes, 883 in private homes, 190 in cancer hospices, and 86 elsewhere. Projecting the same percentage of deaths more than yesterday, and also considering Scotland and Northern Ireland, the current total of additional deaths (compared to the approximately 21,000 counted so far in hospitals), the actual actual total of victims directly or indirectly linked to the coronavirus in the entire Kingdom could already be around 30,000.

12.03 – Von der Leyen: the economic recovery is green
To rebuild our economies after the coronavirus, we need to invest wisely. Our compass will be the European Green Agreement, which can transform our economies and societies, to face climate change. So, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in a video message on Twitter. We need a green recovery, he says, for the future of our planet and our children.

11.51 am – IT attacks on WHO have quintupled
The World Health Organization (WHO) has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cyber attacks targeting its staff and email scams targeting the general public. So much so that the number of cyber attacks has now received more than five times the same period last year. This is the alarm that can be read in a note published on the website of the United Nations Organization. Last week, around 450 WHO email addresses and passwords were posted online with thousands of people working in the emergency.

11.42 a.m. – ECB: + 26% of requests for corporate loans in the first quarter
Demand for business loans is flying. The ECB writes in the bank credit survey. Demand for companies’ loans or lines of credit increased in the first quarter of 2020, due to the need for emergency liquidity in the context of the pandemic and the blockade of large areas of the economy. The net percentage of banks that saw an increase in demand for loans increased by 26%, after -7% in the previous quarter. Banks expect net demand for commercial loans to increase further in the second quarter of 2020 (a net percentage of 77%), reaching the highest net balance in the euro area since the start of the euro area bls in 2003.

11.33 am – There are more than 210 thousand deaths worldwide
210,000 people died worldwide from coronavirus. According to Johns Hopkins University reports, there are 211,326 deaths worldwide, compared to 3,050,308 cases of contagion. 85% of the victims were registered in Europe and the United States, according to calculations by the AFP agency. The United States is the country with the highest number of deaths (56,253), followed by Italy (26,977), Spain (23,822), France (23,293) and Great Britain (21,092).

11.28 am – China attacks the United States: from politicians lies about the virus
China accuses American politicians, particularly blaming Republican Peter Navarro. A consistent credible liar, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in comments from the White House Trade Adviser that Beijing is withholding personal protective supplies and vital equipment in the fight against the pandemic. A war that China started generating the virus, hiding it, accumulating protective devices the moment it hid it, Navarro told Fox News on Saturday.

11.06 – Istat: health spending at 22.7%, at least since the 1990s
Health spending in 2019 was 22.7% of total disbursements for social benefits provided by the public sector. Istat points this out, explaining that as of 2008 the weight of the health component has gradually decreased until it returns to the levels of the 1990s in 2019. Istat notes this in a dedicated report.

10.59 am – Psychologists: 63% Italians with insomnia, anxiety and depression
The emergency and more than a month of confinement have severely tested the psychological stability of Italians. 63% of people have disorders like insomnia, headache, stomach pain, anxiety, panic, and depression. These are the data from the survey of the National Council of the Order of Psychologists, 63% of compatriots call themselves very or quite stressed, while 43% of those interviewed report a maximum level of stress. This is because the idea of ​​the future is missing and we, who were used to projecting ourselves into the future, suddenly found ourselves trapped, says Alessandra Lancellotti, psychotherapist and life coach.

10.55 am – Decrease in deaths in Spain, 301 in 24 hours
There has been a decrease in deaths in Spain with 301 deaths in the last 24 hours, while yesterday there were 331 victims, according to data published by the government. Therefore, the total number of deaths in the country increases to 23,822, more than 210,000 infected and 102,000 recovered.

10.49 am – Neapolitan, home party for an 18 year old: twelve sentences
12 of them were attending an 18-year-old boy’s birthday party. Surprised by the carabinieri, they will now have to pay the penalty provided by the anti-Covid-19 rules. The incident that occurred at Corso Europa in Malito, in the Neapolitan area. To alert the carabinieri, there were some citizens who reported the presence of some people to 112. Inside the house, in addition to the young people (all over the age of 18), there were also the parents of the eighteen years celebrated. The guests also included people from other municipalities.

9.57 am – Count in the afternoon in Lodi, Piacenza and Cremona
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who will witness the placement of the last section of the new highway viaduct in the Polcevera stream this morning, will return to Lombardy in the early afternoon to go to other municipalities affected by the pandemic. After last night’s summit in Milan and meetings in Bergamo and Brescia until late at night, today’s Prime Minister will be in Lodi, where he will be expected just before 3.00pm, then in Piacenza at 4.15pm and finally in Cremona at 18.15.

9.48 am – Germany, the contagion rate returns to 1
The rate of contagion dates back to Germany, where measures to ease restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus have just taken effect. According to data released by the Robert Koch Institut, the index has increased to 1, which means that each infected person can infect another. the first time the index returned to 1 since mid-April, when it had fallen to 0.7, and then gradually increased. The Berlin federal government and the regions, which have agreed to ease the already implemented restrictions, plan new consultations on Thursday to pave the way for possible reversals of the containment rules. New decisions could be made in this regard on May 6. There are currently more than 156,000 cases in Germany. The latest data from the Robert Koch Institute speak of 156,337 cases since the beginning of the emergency and a total of 5,913 deaths. Compared to yesterday’s data, 1,144 new infections are reported.

9.39 a.m. – Confindustria: GDP -10% in the first two quarters of 2020
In a scenario in which the acute phase of the health emergency ends in May and the reopening of industrial companies is completed in June, Italian GDP will suffer, according to prudential estimates from our Study Center, a 10% drop in first two quarters of 2020. So the general director of Confindustria Marcella Panucci in audience before the committees brought together financial and productive activities on liquidity dl.

9.30 am – Cartabia, the Constitution as an emergency compass
The Constitution as a compass to manage the emergency and the next phase. And a loyal collaboration between the institutions as a principle to which special attention must be paid at this time so that the action and energies of the entire national community converge towards a single and shared objective. The path indicated by the president of the Consulta Marta in a passage of the annual report on the activity of the Court.

9.07 am – Brazil, more than 67 thousand cases and more than 4,600 deaths
Now there are more than 67,000 cases and more than 4,600 deaths in Brazil. Data from Johns Hopkins University (Jhu) speak of 67,446 cases and 4,603 deaths.

08.59 – Berlusconi: the prohibition of the masses in the persecutory limits
The prohibition of religious services is an act that I define on the edge of the persecutor. Why can people go to the factory or office but cannot go to mass? Cos Silvio Berlusconi, to the microphones of Radio24. The bishops did very well to make their voices heard, emphasizes the leader of Forza Italia.

07.55 – Trump ignored the alarm in January(and wants to reopen schools)
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, in more than a dozen classified reports prepared specifically for the Oval Office in January and February, had been warned by intelligence agencies about the risks of the spread of the new coronavirus, which he decided to ignore. . This is revealed by the Washington Post, citing US officials and former officials. In daily reports to the President, the spread of the virus was tracked, he warned that China was minimizing the threat, and heralded the possibility of catastrophic political and economic consequences. Additionally, the president said states should seriously consider reopening their public schools before the end of the school year, although dozens have said it would be dangerous for students to return until summer or fall. Only a few states have publicly considered the first openings, including Montana, so that school districts can resume classes on May 7. Trump’s suggestion in a Monday call with governors drew criticism from some education officials, who say a quick return would entail greater risk and little benefit. Neither governor currently accepts the suggestion.

07.51 – Olympic Games at risk also in 2021
If the pandemic is not controlled in 2021, the (Olympic) Games will be canceled. This was underlined by the president of the organizing committee of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Yoshiro Mori, in an interview with the Japanese newspaper. Nikkan Sports. Japan Medical Association President Yoshitake Yokokura said: Unless an effective vaccine is developed, I think it will be difficult to play the Olympics next year, Yokokura said during a press conference in Tokyo. Now saying that they should not be held back. The epidemic is not limited to Japan as a global problem.

07.32 – Six new cases and no deaths in China
The Chinese health authority reported six new cases of Covid-19 infection in mainland China, including three imported ones. The other three new cases were shipped nationwide in the northeast Heilongjiang province. A suspicious case arriving from abroad has been reported in Shanghai. There have been no deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

7.23 am – Pope Francis: Prudence and obedience to the provisions so that the pandemic does not return
The Pope, in Santa Marta, calls for prudence and obedience to the provisions so that the pandemic does not return. At this moment, when we begin to have the disposition to get out of quarantine, the Pope warns with the intention of praying, we pray to the Lord to give his people, all of us, the grace of prudence and obedience to the dispositions. so that the pandemic does not return.