Sitting in her Italian hospital bed fighting coronavirus, frail Daniela De Rosa issues an emotional plea to those still ignoring advice to stay home as the disease runs riot.
With exhausted medical staff struggling to cope around her, the 43-year-old vet told how she went from a healthy individual to a virtual wreck relying on a ventilator to keep her alive.
Daniela spoke as Italy yesterday reported its biggest one-day leap in deaths – at 793. It brings the total of those killed by the virus in the country to 4,825.
There are now 53,578 cases with 6,557 coming in just 24 hours. And Britain has been warned by Milan professor Davide Manca we face a “tsunami” of cases overwhelming the struggling NHS if action is not taken.
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