where sick people will also die of hunger," said Sister Angel
who for the past few weeks has substituted her nun's veil for a protective suit
The 47-year-old makes home visits within Zogno
a commune of 9,000 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo
where the coronavirus has killed about 2,000 people
"I'm afraid of not being able to do everything I have to do," she told AFP
Roughly 100 doctors and nurses have died caring for coronavirus patients since the start of the pandemic
and she says they "didn't back down an inch"
decided late in life to embark on medical studies and graduated from Palermo's medical facility in Sicily
she took a leave from her convent of Canossian nuns and joined a unit designed to care for patients suspected of having the coronavirus inside their own homes
The patients -- many of them older retirees -- first greet their doctor with surprise
recognising she is "not their usual doctor"
"Then I introduce myself and explain to them that I'm not just a doctor
that I'm also a nun and then everything changes -- the doors open," she said
checks blood oxygen levels and monitors chronic illnesses such as diabetes or hypertension
When a patient is critical they are hospitalised
"We're on the right path," she told one woman during a home visit on Tuesday after the patient's slightly elevated temperature had gone back to normal
The coronavirus has forced into quarantine many general practitioners who ordinarily would have done the work Sister Angel now performs
Sister Angel still finds time to go to church -- sporting a facemask but swapping protective gear for her nun's attire
Sister Angel was involved in another human drama
helping migrants in the Mediterranean on a rescue ship of the Order of Malta's Italian Emergency Corps (Cisom)
The vicar of the neighbouring parish of Alme
told AFP it was an advantage to have a combination doctor and nun within the community
Sister Angel helps not only older people but also the young
"She's a nun who is full of energy," Carobbio said
Twenty-two years old to be turned in June, pproduct of the inexhaustible 'Cantera' of Zingonia, who entered the Nerazzurri youth sector at just 10 years old: in that Pulcini team with him there was also Giorgio Scalvini, a year younger, who entered in the second half last night.
Since then Ruggeri has come a long way: Spalletti's national team has been waiting for him since September, meanwhile he makes a difference in his Goddess, with whom he has just extended his contract until 2028.
“Ruggeri scored a beautiful goal, he had the ability to insert himself and courage. He's an amazing boy, he is a worthy boy who grew up in Zingonia and Atalanta", praised him publicly Nerazzurri coach Gian Piero Gasperini.
A provisional intensive care bed at a hospital in Bergamo: "The catastrophe simply won't stop."
More than 6,000 people in Italy have now died from COVID-19 and in Bergamo
a city on the southern slopes of the Alps that has been hit hard
the city's crematorium has been operating around the clock
The army recently had to transport dozens of caskets to nearby cities for cremation
burials are taking place one after the other
with priests quickly blessing one victim before moving on to the next
The government has banned conventional funerals
The country's civil protection organization
is keeping watch on cemeteries to make sure that families don't come close to each other or exchange hugs
they can't attend the funerals anyway because they are quarantined at home
The following are accounts gathered from five people: family and friends of the deceased
a small town of 9,000 residents not far from Bergamo
Six to seven people die of the novel coronavirus in the town each day
the church bells are rung in town whenever someone dies
but given the number of people passing away
the local priest has begun ringing the bell just once a day for all of them
Everyone here has friends and family who have died from COVID-19
We are forced to sit at home as our loved ones die
We weren't able to be with my uncle; we couldn't even visit
saying that Angelo could once again breathe without the help of a respirator
the military is helping transport coffins to neighboring provinces due to the overwhelming numbers
so my uncle was cremated 200 kilometers away in Padua
he was even brought all the way to a crematorium in Turin
The ashes of the dead are then brought back home
Only the closest family members are allowed to be present when the priest delivers last rites
and now she has developed additional symptoms
like a strong cough and breathing difficulties
We called the outpatient corona emergency hotline
but the doctors told my mother that she had to stay home in bed because there wasn't a bed available for her in the hospital
They gave her an oxygen concentrator and some pills and told her that she needed to remain completely isolated from the family
We don't even know for certain if my mother is actually suffering from the coronavirus because she wasn't tested
Only the most extreme cases are tested here
The pharmacies are sold out of everything: They have no face masks
Ambulance sirens can be heard all day long
Three of the five family doctors in town have been infected by coronavirus themselves
which is why military doctors have arrived to help
The church publishes the names of the dead each day on its Facebook page
Monsignore Giulio Dellavite is general secretary of the Bergamo Bishopric
Sixteen priests in his diocese have already died from the coronavirus since March 1
The survivors and the healthy are extremely busy tending to the dying and their families
Dellavite has been trying to somehow keep up with all the deaths in his parishes
Monsignore Giulio Dellavite: "We have a huge problem with the dying
Our priests are not allowed to visit them."
They are isolated in the hospital and strictly off limits
And the families of the sick are quarantined at home
so our priests can only visit them wearing protective clothing
This caution is a gesture of brotherly love: Otherwise our priests could become infected or unwittingly spread the virus themselves
so our bishops have proposed allowing children and grandchildren to bless their sick parents and grandparents for as long as they remain at home
a priest wearing a face mask and gloves could theoretically perform the final rites
The dying only see doctors and nurses in protective suits
Making telephone calls in the intensive care unit is also not possible
Doctors have told us with tears in their eyes of mortally ill patients pleading for last rites because nobody else is allowed to come see them
they and the nurses aren't just responsible for their medical treatment
it often goes like this: Someone gets sick
a family member calls the Red Cross and the patient is then picked up by ambulance
The family members often don't know to which hospital their mother or father has been taken
they receive a call with news that their loved one has died and are told that the sealed casket will be delivered to this or that morgue
Or they are told where the victim has already been buried
People can't even see their mother or father after they have died
we have set up a telephone hotline in the bishopric where 70 priests
laypeople and psychologists can offer sympathy and support
our priests can only bless the coffins at the graveside and briefly pray with family members -- if any are there at all
it is frequently the case that the entire family is quarantined
no family members are able to attend the burial
who lives in the mountain village of Vendrogno
He told the doctor that he'd been suffering from a high fever for several days and that he wanted to be tested for COVID-19
Acerboni's nephew Fabio Landrini reports how difficult it was for him to lose his uncle
especially because the family didn't really have a chance to say goodbye to him
we brought him food everyday as he lay sick in bed
We saw him one final time before he was taken to hospital
What hurts me most is that we weren't allowed to see him after he died
That we weren't even allowed to say goodbye to my uncle
A provisional morgue in Bergamo: "The crematorium is overloaded."
That kind of thing is difficult to accept for family members
I understand that doctors don't have any time for the fates of each individual; they are working day and night
it is horrible that they cannot say goodbye to their loved ones
We don't even know on what day my uncle was cremated
families are unable to get precise information
Vittorio Natangeli is a funeral home director in Rome
He is monitoring with concern what his colleagues in northern Italy are going through
But his daily life has also changed dramatically
Funerals of the kind we used to celebrate are forbidden
church services and then ceremonies at the cemetery: For the last three weeks
The authorities have given us precise rules to follow before we are able to bring the deceased to the cemetery
Funeral home director Vittorio Natangeli: "Funerals of the kind we used to celebrate are forbidden."
we drive the hearse directly to the morgue
and then we take the casket directly to the grave with no ceremony
Once we have lowered the casket into the grave
Cemeteries across all of Italy have been closed
with families not allowed to visit their family graves even after burial
relatively few people have died of coronavirus in Rome
we have picked up two deceased COVID-19 patients from hospitals
They handed over the bodies to us in a shroud or in a container of biodegradable material
One or two family members said a prayer at the hospital
Those thought to have died of COVID-19 in Rome have to be brought to the coroner to determine the precise cause of death
Once the body has been released by the coroner
Our colleagues from the north have begun calling us to ask if we can help them out with hearses and drivers
having a much tougher time of it than we are
they have had as many bodies in one week as in a normal year
Fabio Fancoli died a few days ago of coronavirus at the age of 62
He lived in the town of Sondrio in the province of Lombardy and worked for his entire career at the agricultural association Coldiretti
Domenico Incondi recalls his last telephone conversation with his co-worker and friend
We worked together at Coldiretti for 35 years
and we of course grew close over the years
We shared so many days and so many experiences
We often went skiing together or played tennis
I spoke with Fabio on the phone one last time before he was hospitalized
That's unfortunately how it is with the coronavirus: As soon as an infected person is taken to the hospital
That is the reality in Italy at the moment
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Italy on Saturday reported 793 new coronavirus deaths
a one-day record that saw its toll shoot up to 4,825 -- 38.3 percent of the world's total
The number of COVID-19 infections rose by 6,557 to 53,578
The total number of fatalities in the northern Lombardy regions around Milan surpassed 3,000
It accounts for nearly two-thirds of Italy's fatalities
Italy has reported 1,420 deaths since Friday
a grim figure that suggests the pandemic is breaking through the government's various containment and social distancing measures
The Mediterranean nation of 60 million has been under an effective lockdown since March 12
when public gatherings were banned and most stores shuttered
Police were out in force across the streets of Rome on Saturday
checking documents and fining those outside without a valid reason
Joggers were asked to run around the block of their houses
and the government in Rome prepared to extend school and other closures into the summer months
But the outbreak keeps gathering pace in the new global epicentre of a virus that was first reported in December in China and has since transformed the world
upending lives for millions and pummelling stock markets globally
The figures released Saturday showed deaths still largely contained to Italy's richer north
whose world-class healthcare system is creaking but still not breaking
But it is much better that what is available in the poorer south
whose regions have registered a few dozen deaths each -- and which the government in Rome is watching closely
The Lazio region that includes Rome has recorded a total of 50 deaths and 1,190 infections
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21 February 2024 – In a month the Atalanta player Matteo ruggeri could dress for the first time the blue of adults
The 21 year old lateral of Zogno is indicated as one of possibility of novelty in the next round of calls in March coach Spalletti
obviously it's mine too but the blue shirt need sweat it out e deserve it all the way because there are strong players
You have to do everything to earn your place,” explained the Nerazzurri left winger in an interview with Radio Sportiva
Class of 2002 and physical as a cuirassier
Ruggeri grew up in the Nerazzurri youth sector where he played first steps at eight years old until Spring
It is one of the revelations of this first half of Nerazzurri season and 22 attendance e 1764 minutes in the championship
as well as having also made appearances in Europa League
with the addition of his first Nerazzurri goal scored in October in Lisbon against Sporting
Final comment on the contract issue: Ruggeri has just renewed with the Dea until 2028. “I hope to stay the longest possible at Atalanta – concluded the footballer – – I grew up here, the historical group he allowed us young di integrate quickly in the first team. Every now and then with Scalvini and other teammates we think back to the past together in the youth teams."
leading to the death of a 59-year-old worker
A dramatic accident has shaken the community of Zogno
where a 59-year-old worker lost his life while he was engaged in a work activity
was crushed by a panel while he was working on a wall
This tragic event has raised questions about workplace safety and the need for more stringent preventive measures
A medical car and an ambulance arrived on the scene
but unfortunately there was nothing that could be done for the worker
This episode highlights the importance of adequate training and safety protocols to prevent similar tragedies in the future
including technicians from the Health Protection Agency (ATS)
the Carabinieri of Zogno and the firefighters of Bergamo
intervened to carry out the necessary surveys
Investigations are now underway to clarify the dynamics of the accident and to determine any responsibilities
This tragic event has not only affected the worker's family
but has also caused a strong reaction in the local community
which is calling for greater attention to safety at work
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A 59-year-old man died after being crushed by a panel at a construction site
a serious accident at work shook the community of Zogno
A 59-year-old man lost his life after being crushed by a panel while he was carrying out construction work
This tragic event brings attention to safety in the workplace
an increasingly current and worrying issue in Italy
The precise circumstances that led to this dramatic event are still under investigation
but there was nothing that could be done for the 59-year-old
His death represents an irreparable loss for his family and the local community
technicians from the Health Protection Agency (ATS)
the Carabinieri of Zogno and the Bergamo fire brigade were alerted to carry out the necessary surveys
The authorities are now trying to clarify the exact causes of the accident and to assess whether workplace safety regulations were respected
This episode highlights the importance of ensuring safe working environments and adopting preventive measures to avoid similar tragedies in the future