Italy shuts factories as daily toll nears 800Most of the deaths in Italy are still in the north, whose world-class health care system is under tremendous strain. The 55-year-old Italian leader stressed that groceries and pharmacies would remain open and did not spell out what "indispensable" companies were. Read Now »Medical experts question Iran's transparency and speculate that its toll might be higher. Italian health officials looked stony-faced as they read out the latest bad news in a daily update on the country's deadliest and most transformative crisis since World War II. "The situation is getting worse," Lombardy governor Attilio Fontana was quoted as saying late Saturday by Italy's Sky TG24.

Source: Standard Digital March 22, 2020 07:18 UTC