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MILAN: The Alpine skiing World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo will take place in February 2021 as originally scheduled, the International Ski Federation (FIS) said on Thursday. In May the Italian winter sports federation (FISI) had asked to postpone the event by a year due to uncertainties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative impact on the country. "It was clear that there was a strong desire to carry out the event in 2021... FISI expressed to the FIS Council the importance of these World Championships to be staged in 2021 as a positive signal for the entire country," FIS said in a statement. FISI said FIS had decided to provide a financial guarantee of up to 10 million Swiss francs (8.49 million pounds) to Italy should there be a new outbreak of novel coronavirus, the federation said in an online statement. "It is a form of guarantee that the federation wanted to give to Italy, hoping that there is no need and that the World Championship will go ahead … [Read more...] about Alpine skiing: World Championships in Italy confirmed for 2021

ROME: Dozens of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean have tested positive for the new coronavirus while held in a quarantine ship off the southern Italian coast, Sicily's regional leader Nello Musumeci said on Wednesday (Jun 24). In April Italy banned migrant rescue ships from docking in its ports until Jul 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It now transfers all those saved at sea onto large ferries which must wait off its coast. After saving more than 200 people stranded at sea last week, the Sea-Watch 3 charity boat arrived on Sunday in the Sicilian town of Porto Empedocle. The mainly African passengers were immediately moved to the Italian ferry Moby Zaza, where 28 of them, or 13per cent, tested positive. "In April we asked the central government to place the migrants under quarantine to prevent infections.. Those who accused us of racism will now realise that we were right," Musumeci said on Facebook. Official data suggests Africa has been less badly affected by COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Italy says 28 migrants test positive for COVID-19 on quarantine ship

ROME: Italy has approved a decree offering state guarantees for a 6.3-billion euro (US$7.1 billion) loan to Fiat Chrysler's (FCA) Italian unit, a source said, paving the way for the largest crisis loan to a European carmaker. The source said Italy's audit court had signed off on the decree, in a final step of what had been a lengthy and contested process to get the loan approved. The court's approval follows an earlier endorsement by the economy ministry. "The audit court authorized the decree," said a source close to the matter, asking not to be named because of its sensitivity. FCA's Italian division has tapped Rome's COVID-19 emergency financing schemes to secure a state-backed, three-year facility to help the group's operations in the country, as well as Italy's car sector in which about 10,000 businesses operate, weather the crisis triggered by the coronavirus emergency. The loan will be disbursed by Italy's biggest retail bank Intesa Sanpaolo , which has already … [Read more...] about Italy approves guarantees for US$7.1 billion loan to Fiat Chrysler: source

MILAN: Italy reported 24 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday (Jun 21), compared with 49 a day earlier, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases stood at 224 from 262 on Saturday. The country's death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb 21 now stands at 34,634, the agency said, the world's fourth-highest after the United States, Brazil and Britain. The number of confirmed cases amounts to 238,499, the eighth-highest global tally. The number of people registered as currently carrying the illness fell to 20,972 from 21,212 the day before. People in intensive care totalled 148 on Sunday, down from 152 on Saturday. Of those originally infected, 182,893 were declared recovered against 182,453 a day earlier. The agency said 3.042 million people in the country of 60 million had been tested for the virus, up from 3.017 million on Saturday. BOOKMARK THIS: Our comprehensive coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and its developments Download our … [Read more...] about Italy reports 24 coronavirus deaths, 224 new cases

MILAN: Italy reported 49 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday (Jun 20), compared with 47 a day earlier, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases rose to 262 from 251 on Friday. The country's death toll since the outbreak came to light on Feb 21 now stands at 34,610, the agency said, the world's fourth-highest after the United States, Brazil and Britain. The number of confirmed cases amounts to 238,275, the eighth-highest global tally. The agency said a recalculation in the regional count meant two fewer cases were reported in previous days. The number of people registered as currently carrying the illness fell to 21,212 from 21,543 the day before. People in intensive care totalled 152 on Saturday, down from 161 on Friday. Of those originally infected, 182,453 were declared recovered against 181,907 a day earlier. The agency said 3.017 million people in the country of 60 million had been tested for the virus, up from 2.987 million on Friday. … [Read more...] about Italy reports 49 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, 262 new cases