As Italy prepares to emerge from the West’s first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in ...

Lombardy also has more people ages 65 and older than any other Italian region, as well as 20% of Italy’s nursing homes, a demographic time bomb for COVID-19 infections.

As Italy now contends with a brutal second wave, Lombardy is again near the breaking point, with three-fourths of its hospital beds occupied by Covid-19 patients — nearly double the level ...

MILAN — Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Italian region of Lombardy has made headlines for all the wrong reasons: overwhelmed hospitals, health care workers performing wartime-like ...

As Italy prepares to emerge from the West’s first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in ...

Lombardy is the fourth-largest region of Italy and has an area of 23.8k square kilometers and around 10 million people live there – around a sixth of Italy’s population.

ROME — In the Italian region of Lombardy, where the coronavirus made its dramatic debut in the Western world a year ago, Dr. Giacomo Grasselli is experiencing a horrible feeling of deja vu. The ...

Italy’s coronavirus death toll passes 10,000. ... In the northern Lombardy region, which has the majority of cases, about 5,000 swabs are being carried out daily, said Galli.

Lombardy, home to Italy’s financial hub of Milan, boasts a health-care system as proficient as any in Western Europe. ... Italy’s coronavirus lockdown upends the most basic routines and joys.

Lombardy, the Italian region worst-hit by COVID-19, is going to adopt an algorithm devised by scientists to help get its faltering vaccination drive back on track by deciding who should get the ...

Italy on Tuesday saw the lowest daily increase in confirmed coronavirus cases in two weeks, but risks losing control of its poorer southern region amid rioting and looting during times of greater ...

Italy prosecutors closed an investigation alleging COVID lockdown failures in the early days of lockdown. The case will now go to a magistrate to decide whether to indict more suspects.