An emergency contingent of Cuban doctors and nurses arrive at Italy's Malpensa airport to help Italy battle the spread of Covid-19, near Milan March 22, 2020. — Reuters pic
Among the sectors targeted were the car, clothing and furniture industries. They have until Wednesday to wind down operations and will have to remain shuttered until April 3. However, offering a ray of hope, the latest figures represented an improvement on Saturday, when the death toll rose by 793 and new cases increased by 6,557.
Regional leaders having been pushing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for days to tighten the screws as infections have spiralled, but some business leaders and financiers expressed alarm at his decision to shutter more companies.“The closure of production activity is devastating. Our companies will lose market share and won't be able to reopen for lack of liquidity,” Alberto Forchielli, head of Mandarin Capital Partners private equity fund, wrote on Twitter yesterday.
China has already sent medical equipment and doctors to help Italy, while more than 50 Cuban doctors arrived in Milan yesterday to provide assistance to the stretched hospitals.
They’re too slow to react.