Measure is one of several adopted by the government during an all-night cabinet meeting. FMTNews
ROME: Italy on Saturday began recruiting retired doctors as part of urgent efforts to bolster the healthcare system with 20,000 additional staff and fight the escalating viral epidemic.
The accelerating spread of the Covid-19 disease emptied Italian train stations and airports while turning usually thronging parts of Rome into a ghost town. The sharp drop in visitor numbers is wreaking havoc with the Italian tourism industry and contributing to fears that the anaemic economy is about to tip back into recession.
The government said its medical recruitment drive should help double the staff of hospitals’ respiratory and infectious disease departments.The number of Italians receiving intensive care treatment for the Covid-19 disease reached 462 on Friday.The Mediterranean Sea island of Malta that sits just south of Sicily reported its first case on Saturday.The Vatican is also unrolling unprecedented health precautions designed to keep the tiny city state’s 450 mostly elderly residents safe.
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