The second wave of the coronavirus has just begun and yet, despite the number of victims being lower than in March and the average age is always high, people still die, even around the age of 50. In fact, in the Spoon River in recent months, not only the elderly and not only people with previous illnesses appear. A principle, the latter, which also applies to those over 70. As told by the stories ranging from the Center-North to the South, from the province of Massa Carrara to that of Cosenza where the victims of Covid had no other serious diseases. Taking a look at the numbers it also emerges that at the moment fortunately we die less even if the infections are higher (because there is a greater number of tampons). In the month between March 12 and April 12, the positives were 141,250 and the victims 18,641. Between 23 September and 23 October, 182,232 new positive cases emerged compared to 1,301 deaths.
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Antonio, the brigadier of Rome who loved the Carabinieri
The Arma dei Carabinieri was a bit like his second family and those who knew him say that he carried out his work with commitment and dedication. Tonino Belli, 57, celibate, was a brigadier in Rome, where he died on October 21 at the Umberto I hospital. He was hospitalized on October 9 due to complications that arose after contracting Covid. The soldier was originally from Alatri, in the province of Frosinone, where the funeral was held.
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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini spoke on the case: «A profound feeling of closeness and condolences reach the family of the chief brigadier Tonino Belli and his closest loved ones. I also express my closeness and that of the government to all the Carabinieri Corps, at the forefront of this health emergency, which today mourns the death of one of its valiant men who fell in the fight against a sneaky and invisible enemy ».
Gianni, 61 years old and those doubts about death. The family: “It wasn’t serious”
Known for being a thoroughbred journalist, Gianni Molè, 61, head of the Province’s press office, lost his life the day before yesterday, at the Vittoria hospital in the province of Ragusa. Following the worsening of his condition due to Covid he was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Guzzardi hospital.
In the past he had worked in the press office of the Municipality of Vittoria, had been director of the magazine of the Province of Ragusa and had also collaborated with the Gazzetta del Sud and the Gazzetta dello Sport.
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He had also held the position of provincial secretary of the Sicilian Press Association. His body was seized: the investigation, conducted by the carabinieri, was started after a complaint from family members in which “the lack of criticality of the clinical data at the time of hospitalization at the beginning of last week” is recalled.
The first doctor died in the fall. It was a patient who infected him
He is the first doctor to die in Italy in this second wave of coronavirus. His name was Ernesto Celentano, he was a 60-year-old Neapolitan with a wife and a 15-year-old son.
He worked as a family doctor in the Secondigliano district, a suburb of the Campania capital. He lost his life on October 18 at the Cotugno hospital, where he had been hospitalized for a week because he was infected while caring for one of his patients.
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On the Facebook page “Hands off Hippocrates” it is in fact specified in a post that the doctor contracted the virus “during the removal you point to one of his patients who subsequently tested positive for Sars-Cov2”. Doctor Manuel Ruggiero adds: “Our condolences to the family of a doctor who fought on the front line by paying dearly for this choice.”
The former Tuscan mayor. During the spring he helped the weakest
He was 88, but he was still very busy on the solidarity front. Ferruccio Paolini, former mayor of Montignoso, province of Massa Carrara, died due to the coronavirus on 25 October last. In the area he was also famous for his entrepreneurial activity: he was one of the founders of Savema, one of the most prestigious companies in the Apuo-Versiliese marble district. Not only that, Paolini was also known and respected for his anti-fascist commitment. He was president of the Anpi Montignoso and also represented the area within the national Anpi board. His fellow citizens also remember him for his commitment during last spring’s lockdown to support the weakest (Covid patients and people who have lost their jobs) also through financial donations.
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The pensioner who has infected relatives and health workers
The 73-year-old Calabrian retiree Antonio is yet another proof of the danger of contagion both between family members and between people who attend hospitals. Originally from Buonicino, in Cosentino, the retiree died at the end of September in the intensive care of the Cosenza hospital where he was hospitalized due to the coronavirus. The doctors decreed that he had a very high viral load, in fact not only did he infect his wife, who was also in hospital in Cosenza, and his son who was later hospitalized in Val d’Aosta, but a series of people who came into contact with him more or less directly. The first two at the hospital of Praia a Mare where Antonio initially turned, another 3 in Scalea and 4 in Diamante, also in Cosentino. The first victim of the second wave of Covid in this area is instead a 72-year-old Neapolitan pensioner who was on vacation in Cariati (Cosenza).
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The journalist dad, 50 years old. He worked in the Region together with Zingaretti
In Rome, in the circles of journalism and politics, many are mourning the death of Giovanni Bartoloni, journalist and spokesman for the president of the Lazio Region council, Mauro Buschini. Fifty-one years old, he died on 25 October last while he had been hospitalized for a few days, due to Covid, in the intensive care unit of the Spallanzani Institute. Bartoloni leaves behind his wife and a small son. In the past he had been spokesman for the president of the Province of Rome, Enrico Gasbarra; Alitalia media relations manager; spokesperson for Equitalia’s CEO and had also worked in the European Parliament. The president of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti: «We will miss his great professionalism and his smile, his energy and his wealth of soul. We will miss you Giovanni ».
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