Patients struggling to breathe have packed Italy’s hospitals after the first patient for COVID-19 was confirmed last month. In the following days, thousands have died as emergency care workers fight around the clock to save as many patients as possible.
Northern Italy has been particularly devastated by the coronavirus, with the country yesterday surpassing in number of cases and dead.
The latest figures from Italy confirm 41,035 cases and a staggering 3,405 deaths. Most of those who died are in Lombardy, where hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of patients and a severe lack of ventilators to go around.
It has meant doctors have had to make the harrowing choice of who would get the lifesaving treatment and who would not. Italy’s