ROME - Coronavirus infections in Italy have yet to reach their peak, the head of the country’s national health institute said on Friday, as officials warned that lockdown restrictions would have to be extended beyond April 3.
“We haven’t reached the peak and we haven’t passed it,” the chief of the Superior Health Institute, Silvio Brusaferro, told reporters, adding that there were however “signs of a slowdown” in the numbers of people becoming infected. However, Franco Locatelli, who heads the council which advises the government on health matters, told reporters this deadline would need extending.
The region saw a jump in new cases on Thursday that confounded previous signs of a downturn there, but the local governor, Attilio Fontana, said the increase was the result of greater testing and predicted more encouraging data for Friday.
Almost 1000 deaths reporter today in Italy
God bless Italy 🇮🇹
At this rate Italy might be wiped out😔pls god mercy on them
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