The Prime Minister of Italy spoke about the hints about the

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the Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte called slur that Russia helped the Italians in the fight against coronavirus supposedly on certain conditions.

“It is a great insult not only for me but also for Vladimir Putin”, – he said in an interview with the BBC.

Conte explained that what is happening there is no political motive. He said that and Putin spent a long phone call. Russian President never wanted to use this as leverage when showed solidarity with Italy, stressed the Prime Minister.

In March, Italy arrived 15 military aircraft from Russia. They brought about 100 Russian military virologists and specialists of the Ministry of defense in the field of epidemiology, eight medical and nursing teams, as well as equipment to diagnose and disinfection measures.

Italy from the coronavirus passed away 17.6 thousand people, more than 139 thousand sick. It ranks first in the number of victims, the second is Spain, then the United States.

According to the latest who data, the world was more than 1.35 million cases, more than 79,2 thousand people died. The total damage to the world economy due to the spread of the coronavirus in the next two years will exceed $ 5 trillion, I think in Bloomberg. The publication notes that the world was plunged into the deepest recession in peace time since the 1930s years.

In Russia for the last day 1459 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. COVID-19 registered in 50 regions. Just today in 81 region of the country recorded 10 131 cases.

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