AdvertisementAn Italian paramedic has died from coronavirus after working to help victims in the country's hard-hit Lombardy region. The news came after it was reported that Italian coronavirus patients who are 80 or older will not receive intensive care if the crisis worsens, under emergency plans being proposed in Turin. Italian medics have already described how hospitals have been 'overwhelmed' by the health crisis, with Italy suffering the worst outbreak in Europe. Coronavirus was classed as pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) last week. The killer coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe can survive in the air for three hours, scientists have found.

Source: Daily Mail March 16, 2020 11:42 UTC