The Italian prime minister told the BBC that Europe’s leaders were “facing an appointment with history” that they could not miss.
” If we do not seize the opportunity to put new life into the European task, the threat of failure is real.”
The infection rate in Italy is slowing – the current figures reveal positive cases increasing from the previous day by a little over 1%. Two weeks ago, the rise was 7%.
The death toll too reveals signs of falling, from 919 a fortnight ago to 542 deaths in the past 24 hours. However Giuseppe Conte warned Italy not to reduce its guard and stated that the nationwide lockdown, imposed on 9 March, might just be relieved slowly.
” We need to pick sectors that can restart their activity. If scientists confirm it, we might begin to relax some steps already by the end of this month.”
Mr Conte has actually won kudos for his federal government’s handling of the c