With the number of cases worldwide from the novel coronavirus surpassing 150,000 and some 6,000 deaths, governments continue their struggle to contain the pandemic.
A girl and her dog look out from a window during one of the many flash mobs taking place in Rome, on Sunday. The nationwide lockdown to slow coronavirus is still in its early days for much of Italy, but Italians are already showing signs of solidarity.A girl and her dog look out from a window during one of the many flash mobs taking place in Rome, on Sunday.
Italian officials have expressed concern that the surge in infections has pushed the country's health system to the saturation point, according to NPR's Sylvia Poggioli. Health authorities say there is a severe lack of intensive care unit beds, ventilators and protective masks to treat the huge influx.
The disease first appeared in Lombardy, the region that is home to Milan, a metropolis of 3 million people that is Italy's economic powerhouse. It started in a cluster of small-to-medium-sized towns in the region and Poggioli reports that"everything is being done to prevent a surge in cases in Milan.
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