国际英语资讯:Italy counts 135,586 COVID-19 cases, daily recoveries exceed new infections_时事

国际英语资讯:Italy counts 135,586 COVID-19 cases, daily recoveries exceed new infections

In a statement released for the World Health Day -- which is being marked on April 7 -- the Fnopi stressed nurses are "the backbone of every health system."

According to the latest data available by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Italy counted 351,008 nurses across the country in 2017, with a rate of 5.8 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants.

PRESIDENT CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY

Also on Tuesday, Italian President Sergio Mattarella issued a declaration to mark the 70th edition of the World Health Day, renewing a call for international solidarity.

"So many deaths and sufferings have made clearer than ever the value of health as an essential component of the right to life, and as a stronghold to preserve and boost solidarity among peoples, states, and continents," Mattarella wrote.

He recalled this year's World Health Day was dedicated to nurses and obstetricians and praised the generosity and professionalism of which health professionals were proving capable.

"It is precisely the universal value of the right to health that calls us to a commitment, to a global co-responsibility, putting aside national egoism and privileges of any kind," Mattarella stressed.

He called for this effort in order to give global cooperation "a great impetus of strength with regard to treatments, research, exchange of information, and supply of tools capable of saving lives."