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BERGAMO, ITALY – APRIL 8: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) An Italian Red Cross ambulance is seen in one of the city’s main squares on April 8, 2020 in Bergamo, Italy. The number of new cases of COVID-19 appears to be declining in Italy, including in the province of Bergamo, one of its most affected areas. But as the infection rate decreases, life is still far from normal. A local newspaper, the Eco di Bergamo, estimates that the province has lost approximately 4,800 people to coronavirus, almost double an official count that only counts deaths in the hospital, and everyone here knows someone who has fallen ill: a neighbor. , a family member, a relative, a friend or an acquaintance. The Italian Red Cross, which runs an ambulance service here, continues to receive calls for help constantly. With only a small portion of its 600-person volunteer team and 38 paid employees able to report to service, they remain on work shifts of up to 20 hours. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro / Getty Images)
Below are the main updates on Saturday, May 2, on the situation of Covid-19 in Italy and abroad, in relation to the world of sports and beyond.
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21:36 – Despite the three positives found in the Cologne ranks, the Bundesliga will not stop. The goal remains the restart in late May.
21:10 – As reported by Ansa, Vincenzo Spadafora, Minister of Sports, appealed to the technical scientific committee to ask “To re-evaluate that Monday’s guidelines from training for athletes of national interest to individual sports also apply to those of team sports athletes.”
21:00 – Clarification of Palazzo Chigi regarding Phase 2: friends “are not among the stable emotional ties”. Conversely, the situation is different for engaged couples who have been separated due to quarantine: without the ban on extra-regional travel, they will be able to reunite.
20:05 – As reported by SkySport, following the Order of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Sassuolo will allow individual sports training for its members from May 4, however, the sessions will be optional. Only 6 players will be able to access each hour in three different fields. Locker rooms, gyms and offices will remain closed. In the same way and with the same directives, Bologna will also restart, but will open its doors from May 5.
19:30 – Exceeded the ratio of 240,000 deaths worldwide, of which 141,475 in Europe alone. The country with the highest number of deaths is the United States with 65,173 victims.
17:57 – In Piedmont, from Monday onwards, masks will be mandatory in all closed places accessible to the public, reiterated President Cirio, who specified that only private property will be excluded.
17:45 – As usual, the bulletin issued by the Civil Protection in relation to the coronavirus emergency: there are 474 deaths in the last 24 hours, but the data, as reported by Repubblica, would have been “distorted” by the attribution of a series of deaths (282) non-hospitalists that occurred as early as April and were recorded only today. For the first time since March 14, the death toll would therefore be less than 200: 192. The latest data, if confirmed, would be in line with the decline in recent days. Since the beginning of the epidemic, Italy has registered 209,328 infected, 28,710 deceased and 79,914 recovered.
• POSITIVES: 209,328 (+1,900)
of which 100,704 (-239)
• DEAD: 28,710 (+474)
• CURED: 79,914 (+1,665)
Of the total number of people currently infected, 81,808 are in home isolation because they are asymptomatic or slightly symptomatic, 17,357 are hospitalized, while 1,539 are hospitalized in intensive care. Intensive care patients continue to drop compared to yesterday: 39 less.
17:31 – Government of Spain is fine for individual training, Premier Sánchez: “Green light for professionals”.
17:21 – According to SkySport reports, the Italian Cup could be canceled to facilitate the conclusion of the championships on time. UEFA would have already decided: if this assumption were confirmed, the additional place in the Europa League would be determined exclusively by the league placement.
16:55 – No to “double shifts for teachers”. In fact, Minister Azzolina clarified that, in view of the resumption in September, the hypothesis of taking half of the students to school is being examined. One part, therefore, would go to school, while the other would connect via the Internet to follow the lesson along with the classmates physically present in the class.
16:20 – the Naples awaits government authorization to train starting Monday. The Campania region has sent an opinion in favor of recovery.
14:28 – As reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, employers who at the beginning of an emergency had made layoffs for “justified objective reason” may withdraw the withdrawal by simultaneously requesting Cig despite the date of the layoff, regardless of the number of employees of the ‘ company. This is what the draft anti-Coronavirus economic decree should provide. The measure would have value for labor relations interrupted between February 23 and the cessation of layoffs, in force since March 17.
13:06 The European Cycling Union (UEC), according to local authorities, has decided to move the European Road Cycling Championship to next year. They should have been held in Trento from 9 to 13 September.
12:44 Piedmont Governor Alberto Cirio announces a ‘Piedmont Bond’ for Phase 2 of the Coronavirus emergency. The measure provides for a non-refundable contribution to help companies reopen. The bonus applies to restaurants, ice cream parlors, restaurants, bars, beauticians and hairdressers, dance halls and discos. For catering without administration, that is, delicatessen, piadinerias and pizza slices, and for spas, the bonus is € 2,000. The intervention has a total value of 88 million euros and requires that the amount be credited directly to the companies’ current account. Another measure, Cirio explained, is aimed at taxi drivers and rental cars. They will also have a bonus, in this case, a thousand euros. In all, 2,280 people are recognized for their help, the governor stressed, because they will have to equip the cars with plexiglass partitions after two months in which they were detained, even if their activity had not been explicitly blocked.
12:13 Civil Protection Commissioner Domenico Arcuri spoke about surgical masks: “Starting Monday, May 4, Italians will find surgical masks at 0.50 euros at 50,000 points of sale, one for every 1,200 inhabitants. In the middle of the month they will become 100,000, one for every 600 inhabitants. “
10:58 In Austria since yesterday to golf. The decision was to start sports that do not involve physical contact: the players will be equipped with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. Golf will also restart in Ireland.
09:32 On the initiative of the European Commission, Italy, France, Germany and Norway, together with the European Council, announce a global cooperation plan for the search for a vaccine against Covid-19: “World Against Covid-19” is born. A donor conference is scheduled for Monday, May 4, which aims to raise at least € 7.5 billion.
09:30 Danish soccer association president Jesper Moller reports that the hope is to resume the Super League, the highest soccer championship in Denmark, on May 29. However, the final assent must come from the government.
Welcome friends of Bull News: In this article you will find all the updates, minute by minute, about the situation of Covid-19 and its repercussions for the sports world and beyond. The sport has been halted across Europe, with several championships from different disciplines having been discontinued until a later date. Euro 2020 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have also been postponed.
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