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Added on the 23/04/2020 14:08:30 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Doctors and nurses receive first vaccinations at Cremona hospital, in the hard-hit Lombardy region, in Italy, as EU countries embark on a vaccination campaign against coronavirus. IMAGES
Images show the scene outside Milan's Duomo Cathedral as swathes of Italy return to coronavirus lockdown in response to the resurgent pandemic continuing its march through Europe. Italy had been badly hit by a first wave, with images of swamped hospitals, makeshift morgues and intubated patients shocking the world. Experts say the country is now in the grip of a second wave after a sharp uptick in contagion numbers, and regions are again warning that intensive care units are filling rapidly. Five coronavirus "red zones" in Italy's north -- plus Calabria in the country's "toe" -- will shutter non-essential businesses, affecting 16 million people. IMAGES
Images outside the courtroom ahead of the opening of Paolo Macchiarini's trial in Stockholm. The Italian surgeon who made headlines in 2011 for the world's first synthetic trachea transplants has been charged in Sweden with aggravated assault. IMAGES
Crews begin the demolition of the Morandi motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy, almost six months after its collapse left 43 people dead and dozens injured. IMAGES of bridge
Drone footage from Belluno in the Veneto region of northern Italy shows the extent of damage caused by the storms sweeping the country, flattening huge areas of trees covering the mountains in the Dolomites range. IMAGES