The Italian government has been left astounded by the response to its “extraordinary appeal” to create a task force of 300 doctors to help its embattled hospitals cope with the Coronavirus in the north of the country.
The government’s appeal was a response to the “cry of alarm” launched by the hospitals in Italy’s regions most affected by the Coronavirus, “where doctors, nurses are working tirelessly in difficult conditions to assist the sick”.
A total of 19 doctors have died in the Coronavirus emergency.