Act now, Italian doctor at outbreak epicenter warns the world (Sky News)

An Italian doctor treating patients at the center of the worst coronavirus outbreak in Europe has issued a stark warning to other countries yet hit by the full force of the pandemic: lock down, reports NBC News.

“We know what happens,” Dr. Emanuela Catenacci told British broadcaster Sky News as she took a break from treating patients in an intensive care ward in the Cremona Hospital in Lombardy. “Don’t think it is happening here and it can’t happen everywhere else … because it will.”

The death toll in Italy jumped by 793 to 4,825 on Saturday, by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged a month ago in this country. Last week, the number of those killed in Italy’s outbreak surpassed…

Read full story and watch video from NBC News here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/coronavirus-italian-doctor-epicenter-outbreak-warns-world-act-now-n1165926

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