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Italy

The findings of a new study “may reshape the history of pandemic", say researchers.
“It was irresponsible behavior on my part," the man admitted of the incident, which was caught on a surveillance camera at a museum in Italy.
A small study of 31 women with COVID-19 in Italy found signs of the virus in samples of umbilical cord blood, the placenta and, in one case, breast milk.
Italy, once the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, has been easing restrictions for two months. Here are the lessons now emerging.
The country that was once the global epicenter of COVID-19 is lifting travel restrictions, hoping to be at the vanguard of a post-virus recovery.
Hopes that reopening restaurants and bars would provide an economic boost have been dashed as customers stay away and businesses fight for survival.
Young Alessandro Breda kept his cool throughout the nerve-wracking encounter.
According to Johns Hopkins data, the US has set a grim new global record of 20,000 dead.
The surgeon general warned the coronavirus pandemic would bring the "hardest and saddest" week of most Americans' lives.
In a possible sign of what's to come in the US, solidarity has given way to unease and anger as Italians face a prolonged period of isolation.