Apolone, G., Montomoli, E., Manenti, A., Boeri, M., Sabia, F., Hyseni, I., Mazzini, L., Martinuzzi, D., Cantone, L., Milanese, G., Sestini, S., Suatoni, P., Marchianò, A., Bollati, V., Sozzi, G., & Pastorino, U. (2020). Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in …
Pulmonary post-mortem findings in a large series of COVID-19 cases from Northern Italy
Abstract Importance.
The analysis of lung tissues of patients with COVID-19 may help understand pathogenesis and clinical outcomes in this life-threatening respiratory illness.
Objective.To determine the histological patterns in lung tissue of patients with severe COVID-19. Design and participants. …
Italy’s sewage water shows SARS-CoV-2 present prior to reported outbreak in Wuhan
Italian researchers have found traces of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in sewage wastewater that indicates that the virus may have been in circulation since December 2019. This controversial discovery shows that even before the first case was reported in Wuhan, …
Investigating the impact of influenza on excess mortality in all ages in Italy during recent seasons (2013/14–2016/17 seasons)
Abstract Objectives
In recent years, Italy has been registering peaks in death rates, particularly among the elderly during the winter season. Influenza epidemics have been indicated as one of the potential determinants of such an excess. The objective of our …
Covid infections haven’t spiked since Europe loosened lockdowns – The Washington Post
Since Italy began to ease its lockdown last month, people have returned to public spaces, including around Milan’s Duomo. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/AP) ROME — When Italy ended its lockdown one month ago, Angelo Pan, an infectious-disease doctor, was worried. His hospital,…
Over half of people tested in Italy’s Bergamo have COVID-19 antibodies
More than half the residents tested in Italy’s northern province of Bergamo have COVID-19 antibodies, health authorities said on Monday, citing a sample survey.
Source: Over half of people tested in Italy’s Bergamo have COVID-19 antibodies…
Enraged Italians Abandon Masks, Denounce Pandemic As Scam
Hundreds of Italian demonstrators gathered in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on Tuesday, ditching their masks in a protest against the Italian government’s lockdown restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19.
The group, which calls themselves the ‘Orange Vests,’ is …
Italy Finally Starts Mass Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine
Doctors in Italy have finally began widely prescribing hydroxychloroquine in certain combinations in Rome and the wider region of Lazio with a population of around…
Source: Italy Finally Starts Mass Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine | Trustnodes…
Portuguese Covid-19: a miracle, good management, or something else?
by J. Manuel Feliz-Teixeira
ABSTRACT
After near a month under a State of Emergency declared in the country due to the propagation of Sars-CoV-2 virus, and dedicated mainly to studying such a threat and analysing a significant amount of data …
Mortality in Italy 2020
Mortality in Italy
http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/caldo/SISMG_sintesi_ULTIMO.pdf…
Epidemia COVID-19 Aggiornamento nazionale 9 aprile 2020 – ore 16:00 DATA PUBBLICAZIONE: 10 APRILE 2020
Epidemia COVID-19
Aggiornamento nazionale
9 aprile 2020 – ore 16:00
DATA PUBBLICAZIONE: 10 APRILE 2020
https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Bollettino-sorveglianza-integrata-COVID-19_9-aprile-2020.pdf…
These photos show the coffins of victims of a boat disaster in 2013
Photographs shared hundreds of times online purport to show the coffins of Italian victims of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The claim is false; the pictures date back to October 2013 when hundreds drowned in a boat tragedy in the Mediterranean.…
This photo shows coffins for dead migrants after a boat capsized off
A photo of a room lined with coffins has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows Italian nationals killed during the novel coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The claim is false; the photo actually shows …
This clip is a scene from the 2007 US television series Pandemic
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook which claim it shows bodies of novel coronavirus victims being thrown into a ditch in Italy. The claim is false; the footage was taken from the 2007 …
Characteristics of COVID-19 patients dying in Italy Report based on available data on April 9th , 2020
https://www.epicentro.iss.it/en/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-COVID-2019_9_april_2020.pdf…