Italy registers over 30,000 deaths due to coronavirus
Italy has registered 30,201 deaths due to the novel coronavirus, after an increase of 240, the Civil Protection Agency reported on Friday.
Experts, however, suggested the numbers were significantly worse than is officially known, and death rates were likewise far higher than usual.
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After Britain, Italy has seen the most deaths in Europe due to the virus.
On Monday, the government eased some of the measures that were part of the lockdown to contain the virus.
Some regions say this easing does not go far enough, however, and the region of South Tyrol is allowing retailers to reopen and is due to permit restaurants, bars, museums, hairdressers
UK, Nigeria join forces on repatriation flights
Over 250 British nationals departed Nigeria for the UK on Friday on a special return chartered flight organised between the UK and Nigerian government.
The British High Commissioner for Nigeria, Catriona Laing, made this known in a statement on Friday.
Laing said that the outward journey also brought back over 200 Nigerian nationals from London Heathrow to Nigeria via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
She noted that this was the eighth repatriation flight organised for Britons wanting to return from Nigeria, since all airports in the country had been closed to international commercial flights on March 23.
“I am so pleased we were able to help Nigerians get back home while also assist more British nationals return to the UK. We work around the clock to support our nationals who remain in the country.
“I want to offer huge thank you to the Nigerian government for their support and assistance in arranging these flights.
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“The strong cooperation we have had from our Nigerian partners demonstrates the enduring bonds between the two countries,” Laing said.
She further said that the British High Commission had been working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Aviation, the FCT, the Nigerian High Commission and Lagos State authorities to arrange all the flights.
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