Italy and Spain have refused to sign the final draft of the European Council meeting by teleconference on measures to deal with the coronavirus emergency. At the end of the six-hour summit, the 27, however, found a compromise agreement on the final document, mandating the president of the commission Ursula von der Leyen and the president of the EU council Charles Michel to find solutions within two weeks ( la Repubblica ) .
We are not there The provisional version of the document did not provide for the issue of coronabond. At the center of the discussion, there are also the conditions for activating the Mes salvastati fund. “We ask Europe to find an appropriate solution within ten days. There are no innovative financial instruments, "said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Plan B of the premier, writes La Stampa, passes from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, but is a clash with the Treasury.
Together During the Senate report,
Conte promised 50 million aid in the new April law decree and guaranteed a more intense confrontation between the majority and the opposition ( Il Messaggero ).
Helping out The purchasing program of the European Central Bank (ECB) has allowed Italian government bond yields to return to more acceptable levels. The spread returned to below 200 ( Il Sole 24 Ore ). According to the ECB's economic bulletin , the coronavirus pandemic will have a significant impact on the European economy.
Whatever it takes Meeting at a video conference, leaders of G20 member countries pledged to inject five trillion dollars into the economy to overcome the effects of the pandemic ( Reuters ).
Italian outbreak
On the rise again After the decline in the last few days, the percentage of growth in the contagion curve rises again. The number of people currently positive has grown by 4,492 units. In the last 24 hours, 712 people have died, 999 recovered. In total, 80,539 people have been infected with the coronavirus since the beginning of the emergency ( Corriere della Sera ). Lombardy weighs, with 2,543 new cases in a single day (for a total of 34,889), while the dead are 387 (4,861 in total). Milan growing, Bergamo and Brescia ( la Repubblica ) stable . There are currently 41 doctors killed by the virus.
Sick people emerging and increase in tampons: this is what influences the curve in Lombardy ( Corriere della Sera ).
The mystery of the disappeared masks ( la Repubblica ).
Change Il Viminale released the new self-certification model for travel. The document must indicate the departure and arrival addresses ( Italia Oggi ).
A step backwards "I am convinced that at this moment we should suspend the rules on privacy and leave the health systems a little freer," said the governor of Veneto Luca Zaia ( Sky TG24 ).
Worldwide outbreak
The primacy On a global level, the number of positive subjects has exceeded 500 thousand units ( Cnbc ). With 82,404 confirmed cases, the United States becomes the country with the most cases in the world. With hospitals running out of ventilators and protective masks and hampered by limited diagnostic testing capacity, the death toll rose to over 1,200 ( Reuters ). The Trump administration is developing a plan to classify counties by risk ( Axios ). States ask for more federal help, but the White House cancels the pulmonary ventilator production plan ( The New York Times ).
Let's do something The president of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi expects a "strong bipartisan vote" on March 27 on the package of measures of two thousand billion dollars ( CNN ). Last week, 3.28 million people applied for unemployment benefits ( Bloomberg ).
On the continent In Spain, the number of infected people reached 56.188, while the dead are 655 ( The Guardian ). "On the fight against the virus, the signals in Europe are encouraging," said WHO European director Hans Kluge ( Sky TG24 ).
In the East To prevent the emergence of a new epidemic, China has decided to ban foreign citizens from entering and block international flights ( The New York Times ).
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