Italy registers a decrease in the number of deaths, with 681 in the last 24 hours, while the authorities warn that it will be necessary to "live with the virus until the vaccine is found"

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Italy sets a date for the start of the recovery, although with conditions. " After Easter only if the infections decrease , but we will have to live with the virus and social distancing measures until a vaccine is found." This was stated this Saturday by the Deputy Minister of Health, Pierpaolo Sileri , in an intervention on Facebook and YouTube. "We will have to invest in education, get used to the use of masks, which will come soon. We will need millions," said Sileri. Until a vaccine is available, he concludes, "new outbreaks are possible, but they will certainly be more controllable."

Meanwhile, the new balance of the ravages of the coronavirus in the country has yielded this Saturday a total of 681 new deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the number of people who have contracted the virus since the beginning of the epidemic reaches 124,632 and the number of deaths is 15,362 .

In Lombardy , the Italian region most affected by the health emergency, the death toll has been 345 in the last 24 hours, totaling 8,656. The data supposes a slight decrease with respect to the deaths in the previous 24 hours (351). The Governor of Lombardy, Attilio Fontana, is preparing an ordinance that will take effect on Sunday, which will require the use of a mask or any nose and mouth protection in public areas.

Two other doctors lost their lives this Saturday, according to the Medical Federation. They are Giandomenico Iannucci, family doctor, and Paolo Peroni, ophthalmologist. With them, the total number of victims among medical personnel amounts to 80.

The death by coronavirus of a 52-year-old police officer, a member of the Italian Prime Minister's escort, Giuseppe Conte, has also been known on Saturday. Giorgio Guastamacchia died in Rome after testing positive for the disease on March 21. After experiencing a recovery, she suddenly worsened and entered intensive care. Leaves wife and two children. Although he had not been in contact with Conte, the head of the government underwent a test, which was negative. "It is a moment of great pain," wrote the prime minister in a Facebook message honoring his escort.

With the imminent start of Holy Week, the leader of the ultra-nationalist League party, Matteo Salvini, has asked that the churches be opened to allow masses to be celebrated, respecting the security rules. "I support the requests of those who say they can enter the church, albeit in an orderly manner, with safe distances, for the Easter mass, perhaps a few at a time, in groups of four or five. There is a promoted appeal by the Italian bishops: respecting the distances, in limited quantities, Easter for millions of Italians can be a moment of hope, "he said in an interview with Sky Tg24 about the celebration of Easter Sunday.

"Prevent sacrifices to be in vain"

Precisely the extraordinary commissioner for the emergence of the coronavirus, Domenico Arcuri, has warned in his press conference this Saturday of the danger of abandoning the measures of confinement too soon and has urged citizens not to be influenced by the calendar "to prevent the sacrifices are frustrated. " Arcuri has pointed out: "Our battle against this unknown and invisible enemy continues unabated, but let's avoid starting to think that we are winning, that we are going to have the advantage: The indicators only say that we are beginning to limit its reach, but its dimension and its diffusion, although they are not territorially uniform, they are still relevant. "

"Our battle against the coronavirus continues unabated, but we must avoid starting to think that we are winning , that we have forcibly cornered an opponent and that we are about to take control: the indicators only tell us that we are beginning to contain their On the contrary, its dimension, although not uniform, is still relevant. We must refrain from thinking that the time has come to return to normalize behavior, "he admitted.

Arcuri also takes stock: "We have reached 34,320 hospital beds enabled, four times more [of the previous capacity]". The protection devices sent to the regions were, according to data from last night "51.8 million; last Monday they were 40.6 million," he said. "We reached an important milestone in a few days, the masks arrive in sufficient quantities and in a very reasonable time," he concluded.

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