The Government of Italy reported the sixth death from coronavirus this Monday. The victim died at the Brescia Civil Hospital from Crema, in Lombardy, northern Italy.
It was an oncology patient with a very complicated clinical condition who was transferred yesterday and tested positive for coronavirus, reported RT in its portal web.
The Italian peninsula reports a total of 219 confirmed cases, making the European nation the third country in the world with the highest number of infections, followed by Iran and South Korea.
This Monday two more cases of COVID-19 victims were reported in Italy. Two men aged 84 and 88 in Bergamo and the town of Caselle Landi, respectively.
The most affected region of the country is Lombardy, where 172 people have already been verified to be infected by the virus. The other affected region is Veneto. The authorities are trying to find out what the connection is between both outbreaks, and a farmer from Alberttone, a town in Veneto, is currently suspected of having visited Codogno and other centers in the Lodi area, the focus of the virus in Lombardy.
The virus has hit three large cities - Turin, Milan and Venice - which have had to suspend their normal life, canceling school activities, closing bars, theaters, nightclubs and canceling fairs or the most famous carnival in the world.
Regarding a possible vaccine for COVID-19, although scientists put all their efforts into analyzing the virus, it is likely that a cure will be achieved in more than a year, the agency highlights. Reuters.
"It appears that the virus can pass from person to person without symptoms, which makes it extremely difficult to trace, no matter what measures health authorities take," said Simon Clarke, an expert in cellular microbiology at Britain's University of Reading.
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