CORONAVIRUS
An Italian doctor lifted the spirits of patients by playing the national anthem through a megaphone in her hospital, Sunday, March 22.
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READ MORE: Europe has become the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, with the hardest hit nation, Italy, reporting hundreds of new deaths on Sunday.
The total number of deaths in the country has now surpassed 5,400.
All nonessential businesses in hard-hit Italy have been ordered to close as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.
“It is the most difficult crisis in our postwar period,” Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.
There are nearly 60,000 confirmed cases of the virus in Italy, according to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
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