Premier Giuseppe Conte thanked
those who continue working despite the threat of the coronavirus
pandemic in messages on social media on Tuesday, Italy's
National Unification Day.
He hailed the nation's response and called for the country,
which has been hit especially hard, to remain united with
courage and a sense of responsibility.
"Italian Unification was proclaimed 159 years ago," Conte
said via Twitter.
"Since then our country has faced thousands of difficulties,
world wars, the Fascist regime.
"But the Italian people have always known how to get back up
and start over with pride and determination. With heads held
high".
"Thanks to those who are donating blood. Thanks to the
doctors and nurses, to civil protection volunteers, to
firefighters, to the men and women of the armed forces and the
security forces, for the extraordinary efforts that they are
putting forth. Thanks to the pharmacists, to those who continue
to go to the factories, to those working in supermarkets, thanks
to the taxi drivers who in these hours are taking doctors to the
hospital without charging them," he added on Facebook.
"Never like now has Italy needed to be united. We proudly fly
our flag. We proudly sing our national anthem. United,
responsible, and courageous," he said.
National Unification Day commemorates the day Italy
officially became a nation in 1861.
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