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Italy bishops scold government for excluding Mass from lockdown easing

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 27 10:10 PM

Italy's Roman Catholic Church has reprimanded the government for not allowing the faithful to return to Masses at the start of a gradual staged end to Europe's longest coronavirus lockdown. Read more »

Italy awaits details of life after lockdown

Dmitry Zaks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 07:26 AM

Italy announced plans Saturday to set price limits on face masks and ramp up antibody testing as it nears the end of the world's longest active national lockdown. Read more »

Italy reports more 482 deaths from coronavirus, lowest daily death toll since April 12

Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 01:44 AM

Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 482 on Saturday, the lowest daily increase since April 12, while the number of new cases was stable at 3,491, the Civil Protection Agency said. Read more »

How Filipino restaurant owners around Europe show their resilience in this pandemic

ANCX
Updated as of Apr 17 08:14 AM

“Reputation is defined during tough times,” says one London-based Filipina restaurateur, as other Pinoy immigrants with food businesses in Italy, Hungary, and Iceland share their survival stories. By JENNIFER FERGESEN Read more »

Filipino frontliners in Italy recover from COVID-19, reclaim spot in pandemic battle

Mye Mulingatapang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 09:15 AM

Ill with COVID-19, nurse assistant Isabel (not her real name), is praying for a swift recovery for herself and her sister, among several Filipino frontliners in this central European country to contract the disease. Read more »

Italy reports lowest virus death toll in over 3 weeks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 07:48 AM

Italy on Sunday reported its lowest coronavirus death toll in more than three weeks, confirming trends showing that the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe's worst-hit nation had peaked. Read more »

Pope urges courage as global death toll tops 65,000

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 06 12:01 AM

Pope Francis appealed Sunday for courage in the face of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 65,000 lives across the globe in just three months. Read more »

Italy cheers first drop in critical virus patients

Dmitry Zaks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 07:31 AM

Pandemic-hit Italy cheered Saturday after seeing its number of intensive care cases for the coronavirus that stretched its healthcare system to breaking point drop for the first time. Read more »

Spain overtakes Italy in coronavirus cases

Inti Landauro and Clara-Laeila Laudette, Reuters
Posted at Apr 04 04:37 AM

MADRID - Spain overtook Italy for the first time on Friday for the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, but the overnight death toll fell from the previous day, providing a small glimmer of hope.   Read more »

Frontliner abroad: Filipina nurse battles on in COVID-19 epicenter

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 01:39 PM

Divina Guerrero's family in the Philippines dissuade her from going to work, fearing for her safety whenever she heads to a small hospital in Bergamo, a city within the Italian region that was hit hardest by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Coronavirus deaths fall again in Italy but lockdown extension looms

Giulia Segreti, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 09:28 AM

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Italy fell for the second consecutive day on Sunday but the country still looked almost certain to see an extension of stringent containment measures. Read more »

Hospitals turn to snorkel masks to ease respirator overload

Marc Burleigh,Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 11:52 AM

As hospitals face an overload of COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe, innovative medical staff are turning to snorkeling masks from sports stores to stop their lungs from collapsing. Read more »

Maski sa Italy, kabayanihan ng Pinay nurse ramdam sa laban kontra COVID 19

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 10:04 PM

Ibinahagi ni Marie ang kaniyang nararasan bilang frontliner at coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) responder sa isang public hospital sa Milan. Read more »

Italy's slowing infections boost case for lockdowns

Dmitry Zaks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 05:01 AM

Italy's coronavirus infections rate slowed for a fourth successive day Wednesday as fresh evidence emerged that long and painful lockdowns against pandemics will work.   Read more »

Ilang Pinoy sa Italy, ibinahagi ang pakikipagsapalaran sa COVID-19

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 01:33 AM

Ilang mga Pinoy sa Italy ang nagbahagi ng kanilang karanasan sa pakikipagsapalaran sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

VIRAL: Community singing in Italy inspires Pinoy parody

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 11:31 AM

Count on Filipinos to find light-hearted humor amid challenging situations, as in the case of a now-viral local parody of Italians singing from their balconies during their country's lockdown to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-2019). Read more »

Hanapbuhay ng ilang OFWs sa Italy sapul ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 08:24 PM

Umaaray ang ilang Pilipinong nagtatrabaho sa Italya na apektado ng nationwide lockdown doon dahil sa COVID-19.  Read more »

Living in the ‘red zone’: How OFWs in Milan cope with coronavirus outbreak

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 04:32 PM

MILAN, Italy - Overseas Filipinos living and working in Milan are extremely affected by the sudden COVID-19 outbreak. Italy has been placed under total lockdown following the announcement of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday, March 9. This is after the number of confirmed cases surged to 9,172, the largest daily increase of 1,807 cases nationwide since February 21.   Read more »

Italy to shut all schools, universities over coronavirus: report

Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 10:39 PM

ROME - Italy is to close all schools and universities from Thursday to try to contain its worsening coronavirus outbreak, a government source said, as cases continued to rise in Europe's worst hit country. Read more »

Italy coronavirus death toll jumps to 52

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 04:55 AM

Italy reported Monday a jump in the death toll from the coronavirus to 52, with more than 2,000 people infected, most in the country's northern Lombardy region. Read more »