Death notices are seen on a board along an empty road in Alzano Lombardo, near Bergamo, the heart of the hardest-hit province in Italy's hardest-hit region of Lombardy, Italy, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. About 500 relatives of people who died of coronavirus in Italy said on Wednesday they were initiating legal action against regional and national authorities, seeking 100 million euros (US$122 million) in damages. The hardest-hit region is Lombardy, where the first coronavirus patient was detected on February 20. They also decried an alleged lack of preparedness, with neither Rome nor the Lombardy region having an updated plan in place to deal with a possible pandemic. "The authorities will be asked for an average compensation of 259,000 euros per person for a total outlay of around 100 million euros," the group's statement said.

Source: The Standard December 23, 2020 14:20 UTC