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Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Nobody: 9:38pm On Mar 10, 2020
Magnitude 2.6 quake struck a mile north of Camaiore in Lucca at 2.17pm today
Tremor in country's north sends people running into the streets


Italians poured out of their homes in the country's north this afternoon after an earthquake shook Tuscany amid the nation's growing coronavirus outbreak.

The 2.6-magnitude quake, which struck around a mile north of Camaiore, was recorded by the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology at 2.17pm local time.

It had an epicenter in the Lucca province in Tuscany and a depth of around five miles, ANSA reported.

There were initially no reports of damage as a result of the tremor, though people in Camaiore and nearby Viareggio noted feeling 'vibrations from the ground'.

It was also reported people across Versilia had 'poured out of their houses' when the quake struck the area this afternoon.

The earthquake comes as the coronavirus death toll reached 463 in Italy, with more than 9,000 virus cases confirmed across the stricken nation.

Prime minister Giuseppe Conte declared last night that 'everyone must give up something to protect the health of citizens'.

Anyone with a fever has been ordered to stay indoors with travel banned except in emergencies and public gatherings including weddings, funerals and sports fixtures shut down.

The virus is spreading so quickly that doctors are now having to make life-or-death decisions about who gets access to intensive care.

Italian health officials had warned on Saturday that the northern Lombardy region was starting to run out of hospital beds for its intensive care patients.

The government also began to recall retired doctors as part of an effort to quickly bolster the health service with 20,000 staff.

Ethics rules call on doctors to consider a patient's age and their chance of survival when allocating hospital beds.

The Italian society of anesthesiology and intensive care has published 15 ethical recommendations to consider for doctors when deciding on admissions.

The criteria include the patient's age and the likelihood of survival, and not just 'first come first served.'

'It's a reasoning that our colleagues make,' Dr. Guido Giustetto, head of the association of doctors in northern Piedmont, said yesterday.

'It becomes dramatic if, rather than doing it under normal situations, they do it because the beds are so scarce that someone might not have access to medical care.'

Italy expanded its quarantine measures to all 60million people in the country last night after a lockdown in the hardest-hit north, including Milan and Venice, had failed to slow the outbreak.

'Our habits must be changed, changed now. We all have to give up something for the good of Italy,' prime minister Conte said.

'When I speak of Italy, I speak of our dear ones, of our grandparents and of our parents,' he said.

'We will succeed only if we all collaborate and we adapt right away to these more stringent norms.'

Conte also raged at young people who had continued to gather socially as the virus spread, saying 'this night life ... we can't allow this any more.'

The nationwide restrictions mean that all schools and universities will remain closed until April 3, with cafes, pubs and eateries ordered to close until dusk.

Italians have been ordered not to move around the country except for work and emergencies, with public gatherings and football matches cancelled.
source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8096163/Earthquake-rocks-Italy-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by seunlayi(m): 9:41pm On Mar 10, 2020
This is serious

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by EzzyCarter: 9:52pm On Mar 10, 2020
God have mercy on us all. These are indeed trying times for all nations of the world...

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Originality007: 9:53pm On Mar 10, 2020
The gods are angry with Italy

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by ladyGKilaBCrueD(f): 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
Poor Italy

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Slawormir: 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
Damnnnnn niggarrr

Wetin dey worry Italy self
Na only them dey this earth

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by DrHighchief(m): 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
K
Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by UrRealG: 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
embarassed
Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by phr0nesis(m): 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
Italians right now

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by EdoPrince93(m): 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
Wait o who this Italy offend self? Dem never finish with Coronavirus earthquake don come add him own join for them.... How much can they take? Smh shocked

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Sunofgod(m): 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
End times..... Seems Vatican city is being targeted?

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Evilgenuis: 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
Since WW11 Italy have not recovered economically... That singular decision to follow Hitlar to war brought misery to once European power house.


Some choice we make angry angry angry

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by fergieboy: 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
Why always italy

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Ayodekfarms(m): 10:08pm On Mar 10, 2020
Time to cry out to our maker. Human race has missed it!!!

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Dshocker(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
This is called two in one
Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by OmayieHenry(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
It's called buy one and get one free.

This is going to be a disaster to their economic growth.
Who even care about if the economy grows or not when everyone's throat is on the knife.

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by meeky007(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Wetin dey worry Italy self
Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by eDeity: 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
It's well!
Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Nobody: 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
seriously
na wa o.
this shit is getting more serious.
our govt has tried to curb dis virus sha, make we talk true.
and some ediots are calling it audio virus becos d tin no spread all ova naija as dey wanted. u see dem celebrating d italian case d first day e happen. saying let us see wetin pmb go do, as gej do during ebola. dem foolish pigs dem. dem must politicized everything.

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by remzor(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Lord have mercy and forgive us our sins

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Millz404(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Italy right now

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Coldie(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Omen a great recession is coming to the world.

God pls pity Nigeria and Africa, cause I know in terms of evil italy and europe dae learn work where we dae our own karma go bloody pass anything another legions of refugee's

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Mateen1000: 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr

Wetin dey worry Italy self
Ogbeni Damnnn Niggarrr

Wetin happen gangan, Everytime Damn nigga lipsrsealed

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by pacespot(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Take care
Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Firstorderwizard(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
I'm only here for the end time crew undecided

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by roqrules04(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Seems the world wants to start ending from Italy embarassed

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by SetAEWONlukuman: 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
#prayforitaly not because they are facing a hard time than we are, but for the fact that despite their preparedness and level of advancement, they couldn't not manage covid 19 efficiently and they keep chasing the country of the origin of the virus with their poor result in mortality rate viz a viz recovered corona victim.


And this? O, Africa! Thank God this wasn't in my village. By now, church, shrine, mosque, and other religious institution won't just stop their ever-annoying prayer and almost senseless and tasteless song....

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by RichDad1(m): 10:09pm On Mar 10, 2020
Be like this Italians don vex some of their ancient gods. Why only them? cheesy cheesy

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Nobody: 10:10pm On Mar 10, 2020
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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by whisperNaija(m): 10:10pm On Mar 10, 2020
Oluwa wetin dey Italicise?

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Re: Earthquake Rocks Italy Amid Coronavirus Outbreak by Roon9(m): 10:10pm On Mar 10, 2020
Nawa o!
This is the end


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