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In this Thursday, March 26, 2020 photo, a red rose lies on a coffin lined up along others inside the San Giuseppe church in Seriate, one of the areas worst hit by coronavirus, near Bergamo, Italy, mark spaces where coffins are to be placed before being taken to a crematory. Italy is seeing a slight stabilizing in its confirmed coronavirus infections two weeks into the world’s most extreme nationwide shutdown, but the virus is taking its silent spread south after having ravaged the health care system in the north. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

In this Thursday, March 26, 2020 photo, a red rose lies on a coffin lined up along others inside the San Giuseppe church in Seriate, one of the areas worst hit by coronavirus, near Bergamo, Italy, mark spaces where coffins are to be placed before being taken to a crematory. Italy is seeing a slight stabilizing in its confirmed coronavirus infections two weeks into the world’s most extreme nationwide shutdown, but the virus is taking its silent spread south after having …

March 27, 2020

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Italy hopes virus is easing but fears new onslaught in south
March 27, 2020 4:37 a.m.

Italy hopes virus is easing but fears new onslaught in south

ROME (AP) — Doctors and nurses in Italy's overwhelmed northern hospitals have welcomed a slight stabilizing in the number of coronavirus infections but fear the virus is still silently spreading in the south two weeks into the West's most extreme nationwide shutdown.