In Difficult Times,We Help Each Other
---Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio Thanks China’s Help In an Interview

Bai Ziwen,Guancha.cn

On March 10 local time, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio,in a video interview with Italian state television 1 (RAI 1), briefed China's assistance to help Italy fight the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak,and expressed his gratitude to China:in difficult times,we help each other.

During the interview, Di Maio introduced the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, the huge pressure on the Italian medical system, and stressed the importance of home quarantine and reducing outside activities to curb the spread of the virus. "The more we do our civic duty and stay at home, the less the virus will find a chance to spread among people. We want to protect our loved ones from the risk of infection."

Talking about treatment of those serious virus cases, Di Maio mentioned that this morning China’s Foreign Minister told me that they remember our support for them in the most difficult time in China. Now the number of cases there was decreasing, which means that the epidemic situation in China had been improved a lot, and some hospitals built for emergency response in the difficult time were being closed.

"Today, China's Foreign Minister announced that in a few days time, China will transport a batch of medical masks and cardiopulmonary ventilators by cargo plane, and also send a professional medical team, who are experts having experienced the peak of the pandemic outbreak. It does not mean that our doctors have to be taught by some body, but because these experts are the first to face the crisis, so it's very important to learn from them. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Chinese government for this,in the difficult times,we help each other.

The host said that the order of"closing cities"had aroused some opposition among the Italian people, "children can't go to school; some people have to work at home, but they still have to face the pressure of housing loans and bills at the end of the day, and that he had received a large number of letters within a few hours asking how the government would help them. He said that these concerns were reasonable and the Italian government was formulating corresponding policies.

According to CCTV news,up to local time 18 hours on March 11, the latest data released by Italy's department concerned showed that in the past day,2313 new virus cases were confirmed in Italy,totaling 12462 cases confirmed.There were 196 new deaths and 827 deaths in total. 1045 people were cured. At present, of the existing 10590 cases in Italy,1028 are severe cases.

On the evening of the 11th local time, Italian Prime Minister G. Conte delivered a live speech,asking the country to stop all commercial activities except the necessary stores such as drugstores and food stores. Conte said the coronavirus epidemic was a challenge to the health of our citizens,the decision was taken after considering factors such as economy.