"So far, we have also put up some 720 tents for pre-triage outside hospitals' emergency rooms, which are very useful to detect and contain possible new cases," Luigi D'Angelo, Operative Director of the Civil Protection Department told reporters.
"Another 151 tents for pre-triage were set up inside prisons to monitor the situation among inmates," he added.
Meanwhile, Italy's health professionals were paying a high price in this emergency. Fatalities linked to the COVID-19 included 31 doctors, of which at least five were family doctors who died in the last 24 hours, the Italian federation of general medicine physicians said on Wednesday.
Up to March 24, at least 5,760 health workers have contracted the virus, according to the latest available data released by Italy's National Health Institute (ISS).
This posed a major concern to both the medics and authorities, since it further strained the pressure on the public health system in the face of one of the world's largest coronavirus epidemic.
After two more surgeons in northern Turin city added to COVID-19 patients in intensive care on Tuesday, medical union Anaao Assomed appealed in a public letter to the ISS chief Silvio Brusaferro for increased individual protection gear for physicians.
In a statement released in the same day, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said the central government -- in its ongoing efforts to both purchase from abroad and produce new protective equipment -- is making "a priority to always distribute it first to doctors, nurses, and health workers engaged in the fight against COVID-19."
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