THE RED CROSS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY
Italian Red Cross volunteers prepare an ambulance used to transport COVID-19 patients to a testing facility during the Coronavirus COVID-19 emergency on World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day on May 8, 2020 in Gavirate, Italy.
Italy was the first country to impose a nationwide lockdown to stem the transmission of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and its restaurants, theaters and many other businesses remain closed.