Alarming new pictures show coronavirus patients being treated in intensive care at a hospital in northern Italy, where 16million people are facing quarantine in a drastic new lockdown. The photos show patients surrounded by wires and tubes being treated by medics in full protective suits with gloves, goggles and face masks at the hospital in Cremona. Some patients are lying face-down on their hospital beds, which researchers believe can raise survival rates in intensive care by improving oxygen levels in the blood. The hospital is in Lombardy which is one of the regions sealed off in the toughest quarantine measures that any country has imposed outside China. Italy’s prime minister last night pleaded with his citizens to obey the draconian new measures, declaring that ‘this is the time to be responsible’ after the quarantine took effect in cities including Milan and Venice. ‘We want to protect the health of all citizens, we are aware that this will create unease and that these measures will be a sacrifice, big and small,’ Giuseppe Conte said in an address last night. ‘But this is the time to be responsible. We all must respect and not dodge these measures. ‘We should not counter these… Read full this story
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