Coronavirus: Italy recruiting retired doctors in a effort to bolster medical staff

Italy on March 7 anunced that it was recruiting retired doctors in an effort to bolster healthcare system with 20,000 ditional staff. This move was me in order to better fight fast-spreing viral coronavirus epidemic. This is just one of few measures opted by country that has become epicentre of virus outbreak in Europe.

Confined to richer rth 

According to reports, coronavirus is spreing fast in Italy, and this has emptied Italian train stations and airports while turning usually crowded parts of Rome into a ghost town. city's outdoor cafes and restaurants were on March 6 closed or h dozens of empty tables with thing to do.

As per reports, government's current concern is that coronavirus outbreak that has till w been contained in Italy's richer rth will start to spre into poorer and medically less equipped south.

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Fear of virus preventing travel

Italy has emerged as focal point for coronavirus outbreak in Europe. As per reports, Italy is region's weakest ecomy, and things have t been me better with recent viral outbreak. Due to fears of rapidly spreing coronavirus, tourists have stopped visiting its cultural treasures or buying its prized artisanal products, from fashion to food to design. 

According to reports, Italy might be Europe's third-largest ecomy but it has long been amongst slowest growing in region. Italy has amassed largest number of virus infection outside Asia. Entire towns in country's rth have been quarantined, rth of country is heart of Italy's manufacturing and financial industries. 

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Airlines have also cut back on flights going to Italy, meaning millions of fewer tourists and traveller that can result in a loss for hotels, restaurants, tourist sites and many ors amounting in billions, as per reports. turmoil threatens to send Italy back into a recession and weigh heavily on entirety of Europe as even tre-focused countries like Germany, France and Britain battling a global disruption in supply chain.

Reports indicate that tourism officials expect 32 million fewer foreign visitors and a loss of 7.4 billion euros ($8.1 billion). Many in tourism industry are blaming virus cover by media. People like Luca Patane, president of tourism association Confturismo-Confcommercio believe that media cover of virus has been much more lethal than virus itself.