Italy
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| Provinces | South Tyrol |
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| Trentino | |
| Province of Brescia | |
| Capital | Rome |
| Dialing code | +39 |
| Population | 60. 59 million (2017) |
| Points of interest | Colosseum |
| Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore | |
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| ID | 405835 |
About Italy
Italy, a European country with a long Mediterranean coastline, has left a powerful mark on Western culture and cuisine. Its capital, Rome, is home to the Vatican as well as landmark art and ancient ruins. Other major cities include Florence, with Renaissance masterpieces such as Michelangelo's "David" and Brunelleschi's Duomo; Venice, the city of canals; and Milan, Italy's fashion capital.
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Coronavirus was already in Italy by the December -, wastewater-study
Italian scientists say wastewater from both cities contain coronavirus traces in December, long before the country's first confirmed cases.
The National Institute of Health (ISS) said the water from Milan and Turin showed a genetic virus tracks, on December 18.
It adds data from other countries that have The Virus is circulating much earlier than expected.
Chinese officials confirmed The First cases at The End of December. Italy 's first case was in mid-February.
In may, French scientists said tests on samples showed.
Meanwhile, a study found in Spain virus-traces in waste water collected, which was discovered in mid-January in Barcelona, around 40 days before The First local case.
In their study, ISS, scientists investigated 40 waste water samples from sewage treatment plants in the North of Italy between last October and February.
examples from October and November came back negative, showing that The Virus was Not Yet arrived, ISS, water quality experts, Giuseppina La Rosa said. Wastewater from Bologna, began to show traces of The Virus in January.
The findings could help scientists understand how The Virus is spreading in Italy , Ms, La Rosa began said.
But you don't, "said that research automatically mean that the main-transmission-chains, to the development of the epidemic in Our Country come from these first cases."
Italy is The First known imported virus case was a patient in the city of Codogno in Lombardy. The city was closed and declared a "Red Zone " on 21. February. Nine other cities in Lombardy and in the neighbouring Veneto followed, and the whole country went into lockdown in early March.
The ISS, said that the results confirmed the "strategic importance" of wastewater as an early detection tool because it can be a signal of virus presence before the cases are confirmed clinically. Many countries are now using the technology.
The Institute says it is a pilot project, monitoring waste water, tourist resorts In July with a view to the establishment of a nationwide waste-water monitoring network this year to start.
More Than 40,000 people have died Covid-19 in Italy .
Source of news: bbc.com
