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04.04.2021 / 16:39

Christians celebrate second Easter marred by COVID-19 pandemic

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of "Hallelujah" through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday conditioned by pandemic precautions.From Protestant churches in South Korea to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, worshippers followed national or local regulations aimed at preventing the transmission of the coronavirus.At a hospital in the Lombardy region of Italy, where the pandemic first erupted in the West in February 2020, a hospital gave a traditional dove-shaped Easter cake symbolizing peace to each person who lined up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Tourist boat capsizes in Italy leaving at least 1 dead, several missing

CANNERO, PIEMONT, ITALY - 2021/07/01: Aerial view on the roofs of Cannero, Lake Maggiore and the surrounding mountains. (Photo by Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images) MILAN (AP) - A tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy’s Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, with at least one person confirmed dead, Italian media reported.Authorities were searching for several people who were still missing after a sudden whirlwind overturned a boat carrying more than 20 tourists and crew, the news agency ANSA reported.

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Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter

VATICAN CITY – Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday conditioned by pandemic precautions.

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Italy's Lombardy again in virus crisis as Brescia sees surge

ROME – Italy’s northern Lombardy region, where Europe's coronavirus outbreak erupted last year, asked the national government Thursday for more vaccines to help stem a surge of new cases that are taxing the health system in the province of Brescia.

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'Alone': How Italian town with 1st known virus death fared

VO – Italy delivered the first shocking confirmation of locally transmitted coronavirus infections outside of Asia a year ago Sunday, with back-to-back revelations of cases more than 150 kilometers (nearly 100 miles) apart in the country's north.

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New Covid-19 restrictions for Italy's Lombardy region

The Italian region of Lombardy, the first European epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, has ordered all bars to shut at midnight tonight as it battles a second wave of the virus.

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Rambling Donald Trump insists Covid-19 is 'China virus' as 'to me corona means Italy'

Donald Trump said "to me corona means Italy" before calling it the "China virus" as he detailed his own fight with the killer bug.

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At virus milestone, Italian priest reflects on loss, lessons

SERIATE – If there is anything the Rev. Mario Carminati and the traumatized residents of Italy’s Bergamo province remember about the worst days of the coronavirus outbreak, it’s the wail of ambulance sirens piercing the silence of lockdown.Around the clock for weeks on end, ambulances screamed through Bergamo’s valleys and towns in a terrifying soundtrack of death, as mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers gasping for air were rushed to the hospital.

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La Scala announces fall season as cultural life resumes

MILAN – The famed La Scala opera house on Monday announced a fall program of concerts and ballets aimed as a signal of confidence that European cultural life can resume in full following the coronavirus lockdowns, and in support of artists who were left out of work during the shutdowns. La Scala’s musical director, Riccardo Chailly, will launch the season Sept.

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Atalanta wins 4-1 to bring joy to hard-hit Bergamo

MILAN – Atalanta gave some much-needed joy to the city of Bergamo as it beat Sassuolo 4-1 in a a poignant Serie A match on Sunday, starting again from where it left off more than three months ago.Bergamo was one of the Italian cities hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and images of a convoy of military trucks driving coffins out of the city because the crematorium couldn’t keep up were beamed around the world.More than 16,000 people have died from the virus in the Lombardy region containing Bergamo, and the small city was one of the epicenters of the outbreak.The minute’s silence before kickoff in tribute to those who have died with COVID-19 was accompanied by a video of the city during the crisis, along with the song “Rinascero,

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Poignant return to soccer for Atalanta in virus-hit Bergamo

MILAN – When Atalanta takes to the field on Sunday, the match will hold an extra element of poignancy.Not only will it be the team's first game in more than three months as Serie A resumes this weekend but, more than that, Atalanta plays its soccer in Bergamo, which was one of the Italian cities hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.More than 16,000 people have died from the virus in the Lombardy region containing Bergamo, and the small city was one of the epicenters of the outbreak.“The extent of what happened in Bergamo is difficult to remedy with whatever type of endeavor,” Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said on Saturday. “It’s clear that it will never be forgotten, it completely turned our lives upside down.

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Brescia captain says his team opposes resuming Serie A

ROME – With his team based in the Lombardy region where nearly 15,000 people have died from the coronavirus, Brescia captain Daniele Gastaldello said his entire squad opposes resuming the Serie A soccer season.

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Italy's coronavirus epidemic began in January or maybe even before: Study

Stefano Merler, of Bruno Kessler Foundation, says 'We realized that there were a lot of infected people in Lombardy well before 20 Fe, which means the epidemic had started much earlier'

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George and Amal Clooney donate $1 million towards coronavirus relief efforts

George and Amal Clooney have donated over $1 million (£810,000) to a series of charities to aid funds during the coronavirus crisis.

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George Clooney and wife Amal donate $1 million to coronavirus fight including NHS

George and Amal Clooney are said to have made the enormous donation to various sources, including money for the NHS.The A-listers, who wed back in 2014, are understood to have donated funds to six causes.The generous news about the 58-year-old, who has a home in Berkshire with his wife, 42, was first reported by Deadline.That includes a total of $300,000 (£242,000) to the NHS, the relief effort in the Lombardy region of Italy and the Lebanese Food Bank.Amal, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer, was born in Lebanon.The couple also donated $250,000 (£202,000) to both the Motion Picture and Television home.Hollywood star George is a board member for the latter while funds also went to the US actors' union SAG-AFTRA Fund.The same

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George and Amal Clooney donate $1million to coronavirus relief efforts

George and Amal Clooney have donated more than $1million (£807,000) to the coronavirus relief effort.

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George and Amal Clooney donate over one million dollars to coronavirus fight

George and Amal Clooney have donated more than one million dollars (£807,000) to the coronavirus relief effort, including money for the NHS.

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Coronavirus: Okanagan teen relieved to be back in Canada after visiting ‘surreal’ Italy

Clark Coombs is relieved to be back home in the Okanagan after flying home from Europe last week.

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Italy to extend coronavirus lockdown until ‘at least’ April 12

Italy will be locked down until at least April 12 in its fight against the coronavirus, a government minister has said.

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Italy sees signs of slowing contagion despite 812 deaths in past 24 hours

Italy reported fresh evidence Monday that weeks of life spent under a national lockdown could slow the spread of the coronavirus, although the country's death toll continued to grow.

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Italy's front-line coronavirus heroes, in portraits

From how it spreads to where it originated, here's a look at everything you need to know about the deadly contagion.

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Selfless priest dies from coronavirus after giving ventilator to younger patient

A priest who gave the ventilator his parishioners bought him after he was diagnosed with coronavirus Covid-19 to a younger patient has died.

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Roberto Mancini's heartwrenching coronavirus account as childhood pal dies from disease

Italy manager Roberto Mancini has described the heartbreaking way coronavirus took the life of one of his childhood friends as the disease spreads further.

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Frankie Dettori urges people to help 'heartbreaking' coronavirus situation in Italy

Top jockey Frankie Dettori has set up a fundraising page to help his home nation deal with the 'heartbreaking' coronavirus crisis.

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