On March 16, local time, the Italian Ministry of Emergency Civil Defense and the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic News Center reported that in the past 24 hours, 3781 new cases of New Coronary Pneumonia were confirmed across the country, and 368 deaths were added. As of 24:00 on March 15, the number of confirmed cases of New Coronary Pneumonia in Italy had increased to 24,938, and the number of deaths had reached 1,809. The Italian authorities have taken a number of measures, including closing the city, to curb the spread of the virus. An Italian netizen recently uploaded a video on a social platform to compare the obituary sections in local newspapers on February 9 and March 13. The newspaper on February 9 had about one and a half pages as obituaries, and by March 13 it became more than ten pages. (Editor Chi Hanyu)
Editor-in-chief: [Luo Pan]