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Fact Check: Did Prime Minister Of Italy Announce The Country's Surrender To Coronavirus?

Fact Check: Did Prime Minister Of Italy Announce The Country's Surrender To Coronavirus? Fact check: Recently, news about the Italian Prime Minister surrendering to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic had surfaced on the internet, but they are false. The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has evidently sent a scare down the people's lives across the globe. The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has shown an exponential number of cases in Italy, where the total number of cases are now nearing 75,000 with over 7,000 reported deaths. Amidst the conundrum and paranoia, fake news about the situations in Italy has surfaced on the internet. Now, a new rumour is suggesting that Italy has surrendered to the Coronavirus pandemic as all their resources have been exhausted. Claim - The viral post is suggesting that the Italian Prime Minister has announced Italy's surrender to the Coronavirus outbreak. The fake news suggests that Italy has lost control over the pandemic and thus given up o

What You Need To Know About COVID-19

What You Need To Know About COVID-19 With the news of COVID-19 spreading across the globe – resulting in country lockdowns and imposed quarantines on citizens – there’s been a lot of panic, misinformation, and chaos among countries and its people. Hoaxes have spread through social media in an attempt to mislead people into acting carelessly, or do things that would otherwise not help at all. That’s why it’s important to set the record straight and know what exactly this virus is so we know how to deal with it. What is COVID-19? As per the  World Health Organization  (WHO), COVID-19 is the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This new strain of coronavirus was first found in the city of Wuhan in China in December 2019. Since its spread across  at least 140 countries , WHO has declared it as a global pandemic, with over 180,000 infections all over the world and causing over 7,000+ fatalities. What are the symptoms? According t