According to the latest data released by the Italian Ministry of Health on March 10, 977 new cases of coronary pneumonia were diagnosed in Italy on that day, with 168 new deaths. The cumulative number of confirmed cases surpassed 10,000 for the first time, reaching 10,149 cases.
This has made Italy, in a short period of time, the country with the worst outbreak outside China. The rapid spread of the epidemic has taken Italy by surprise, with a lack of medical supplies bearing the brunt of the problem. According to the Italian *** and the State newspaper reported on March 10, in the Puglia region of Andria city Bonomo hospital, nurses pick up the needle and thread, turn on the sewing machine, will be discarded hospital bed sheets made into reusable, sterile and corrosion-resistant protective masks.
Waiting for the masks distributed to Puglia by the National Civil Defense to arrive at the hospital, the nurses had already made 100 masks on Sunday. Officials from the local health department praised the nurses' creativity and promised that surgical masks and other protective materials would be distributed in a timely manner. According to relevant media reports Italy urgently turned to China for help, and the country will provide the Italian side with masks and other medical supplies. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, on March 10, 2020, Di Maio said that the current situation of the epidemic in Italy is very serious, the Italian government is paying close attention to and learn from the successful experience of the Chinese side to fight against the epidemic, and take strong initiatives to stop the spread of the epidemic. The Italian side is facing difficulties in the shortage of medical supplies and equipment, and hopes that the Chinese side will help solve the urgent problem. We have indicated that we will overcome the difficulties and provide medical supplies such as masks to the Italian side, and step up our efforts to export urgently needed supplies and equipment to Italy. China is also willing to send medical teams to Italy to assist in the fight against the epidemic if the Italian side so requires.
China has also expressed its willingness to donate 100,000 high-grade protective masks, 20,000 sets of protective clothing and 50,000 nucleic acid test reagents to Italy. The Italian government is ready to buy 1,000 ventilators for intensive care units and 2 million sets of general medical masks from China. A great nation is a great burden!
Seeing Italy's urgent request for help from China, and also seeing that China will provide masks and other medical supplies, we praise China for this move, the virus does not distinguish between national boundaries, and all countries should be united to **** together to fight the epidemic.
The current situation of the epidemic in Italy is very serious, from the point of view of its epidemic data, the number of confirmed cases has broken 10,000, and the speed of the spread is also very fast, the number of confirmed cases is on the rise, the death rate is also the world's highest, which is very terrible point, I hope to do a good job in a timely manner of preventive and control measures to work to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
In our statement, we pointed out that we will not forget that Italy gave valuable support to China during the most difficult time in its fight against the epidemic. Now, we would also like to stand firmly with the Italian people. In *** with the fight against the epidemic, the relationship between the two countries will be further deepened and the friendship between the two peoples will be further sublimated. We thank the Italian side for attaching great importance to the health and safety of Chinese citizens traveling in Italy and hope that the Italian side will continue to provide them with the necessary support and assistance. We will be able to work together to finally overcome the epidemic!