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The deaths recorded in Italy by coronavirus in the last 24 hours have been 525, compared to 578 yesterday, bringing the total number of victims to 22,170 since the pandemic began in the transalpine country. The data provided by Civil Protection reveal that total infections amount to 168,941, 3,786 more, representing an increase compared to yesterday, with 2,667.

There are now 126 Italian toilets killed by the pandemic across the country, announced the National Federation of Medical Orders, which is constantly updating the list of deaths of active toilets, retirees and retired doctors called back to work or otherwise involved way in the emergency. The number of deceased nurses has also increased today to 31.

Starting on May 3, the start of the so-called phase two is planned to gradually recover normality. For its planning and development, the Government of Giuseppe Conte has formed a team of 17 experts and will have Labor inspectors to verify compliance with the distance of at least one meter in companies, shops and supermarkets.

But de-escalation will be different in each region. A meter of distance between people, mandatory mask for everyone, telework whenever possible and serological tests are the measures on the basis of which, from May 4, the Lombardy region will officially request Rome to give the "green light" to production activities. "

The president of the region, Attilio Fontana , today asked Rome to "learn a lesson and invest more in health." It is necessary, he said, to give stability to 2,500 doctors and nurses who have collaborated in this moment of emergency and who until now have been hired temporarily. "We will do everything and we will make these relationships permanent," he assured.

Seven-day days in Lombardy

The Lombard president has hoped that the favorable conditions will exist so that a gradual recovery can begin again on May 4. "I think that, in any case, we should try to restart life and we will have to organize it by living with this virus ," Fontana warned, adding: "We will demand that any type of reopening has the guarantee of protecting the health of our citizens, without which it will not We are ready to do nothing. The eventual resumption of contagion would be something dramatic and unacceptable. "

Lombardy will propose a return to work with limitations: for example, staggering work in seven days instead of five and with different start times. This and other proposals for a safe return to normality will be discussed tomorrow at a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Committee.

The Veneto region is also pressing to loosen the closure measures "if health conditions arise" from May 4 or even earlier. This was stated this Thursday by its president, Luca Zaia , who added that "we must all be prepared with devices and rules, obviously negotiated with the social partners and employers." The real issue, added the governor, is deciding whether to close everything and die hoping that the virus will disappear, or reopen and live together, because beyond a certain limit it is no longer sustainable.

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