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Managing the coronavirus epidemic in Italy continues to increase the popularity of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who now has the confidence of 57% of Italians, well above other political leaders , according to the latest opinion poll.

Confidence in Conte, at the head of the coalition government between the anti-Five Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party (PD), increases day by day and has risen to 57% from 54% a week ago and 51 % of March 24 , according to the latest Ixe Institute survey published on Tuesday night

He is a far cry from the political leaders who follow him, the head of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and that of the League, Matteo Salvini , both from the far right, who remain stable at 38% and 33% respectively.

The popularity list continues with Nicola Zingaretti , the leader of the governmental Democratic Party with 32%, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and former head of the M5E, Luigi Di Maio , with 25%, the leader of Forza Italy, Silvio Berlusconi (23 %) and the former prime minister and now leader of Italia Viva, a split of the PD, Matteo Renzi , with 12%.

Since the first two cases of coronavirus in Italy - the imported cases of two Chinese tourists who fell ill in Rome - were discovered in late January, Conte took charge of the fight against the epidemic, and on January 31 declared a state of emergency. in the country.

Since then, and especially after the first local case was detected on February 20 in Codogno, a town in Lombardy, the prime minister has been adopting increasingly stringent measures of social isolation and economic blockade following government decrees.

All to fight what Conte has called the worst challenge since World War II. "We are facing an emergency that has not been known since the Second World War ... It is the most important challenge of the last decades . Nothing will ever be the same," said the 'premier'.

He has also made it clear that "it is time for sacrifices, for responsible elections." The Italian Prime Minister has also been firm in calling on the EU to issue Eurobonds, mutual debt, in view of the severity of the crisis created by Covid-19, and has shared a common front with Spain in this regard.

The last balance of Civil Protection yesterday put the number of deaths with coronavirus in Italy at 17,127, after adding 604 in the last 24 hours. Total infections reached 135,586, (3,039 more than the previous day), the lowest number since the crisis began in the country. The people discharged and who have overcome the disease are 28,718.

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