The government won't forget the
efforts of health workers in the fight against the coronavirus,
Premier Giuseppe Conte told the Lower House Wednesday as he
reported on the COVID-19 emergency.
Conte said the government had acted with determination and
speed on the emergency and said that history will judge if it
had been up to the challenge.
He called the virus an "invisible and insidious enemy".
The premier said 500 doctors and nurses would be sent to the
worst-hit areas of the country in the coming days.
He said one of the government's priorities would be to ensure
that businesses hit by the nationwide lockdown measures would
not go to the wall because of a lack of liquidity.
Conte added that the government was working on providing more
support for the economy on top of its 25-billion-euro 'Cure
Italy' package, which could mobilize around 350-billion-euros
for the economy thanks to multiplier effects.
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