China News Service, April 9 (Xinhua), according to the Italian European Union News Agency, as of 6 pm on April 8, the number of confirmed cases of Italian new coronary pneumonia has increased to 139,422 cases, the number of deaths has risen to 17,669, and the cumulative number of cured patients has reached 26,491 . According to opinion polls, the epidemic situation is improving and gradually being controlled. More than half of the people think China is the most helpful.

According to reports, Italy is the earliest outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic in continental Europe and one of the worst in Europe. Since the outbreaks have occurred worldwide, China has provided material assistance and dispatched experts to many countries to support countries in need to fight the epidemic together. According to a recent poll released by Italy, 52% of the respondents believe that China has given the most help to fight the epidemic in Italy.

The latest survey conducted by the Italian polling agency Ansa on the 7th shows that the new crown pneumonia has changed the loyalty of the Italian people. The public's trust in the EU and its agencies has declined sharply. Now more Italian people want to have a relationship with China Tougher than the United States.

According to the survey, 76% of Italians are satisfied with the measures taken by the government to combat the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, which is a 15 percentage point increase from 3 weeks ago. 52% of the respondents regard China as a friend and believe that China is the most helpful to Italy in fighting the epidemic. This figure was only 10% in January.

In the special polls that helped Italy the most in the fight against the epidemic, 18% of the respondents believed that Albania supported the most, 9% of the respondents believed that Russia supported the most, and only 3% of the respondents believed that the United States helped the most. In addition, 90% of the Italian people agreed to continue to implement the closure of the city after April 3.

The Italian Ministry of Emergency Civil Defence said at a regular press conference on the new coronary pneumonia epidemic situation that there has been a declining trend of confirmed cases and deaths for several consecutive days, and the number of serious patients is decreasing day by day. Various indicators have released the epidemic situation and gradually got control signals.

According to reports, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio said in an inquiry in the House of Representatives that Italy's medical supplies and personal protective equipment were in full emergency after the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. He communicated urgently with many foreign ministers, including China, and received a lot of assistance. At present, China, Russia and other countries have successively excluded medical experts and teams from Italy, and they are protesting to help patients treat the disease and help control the epidemic. (Boyuan)