#How Italian town with 1st known virus death fared

#How Italian town with 1st known virus death fared

“#How Italian town with 1st known virus death fared” VO, Italy — Italy delivered the first shocking confirmation of locally transmitted coronavirus infections outside of Asia a year ago Sunday, with back-to-back revelations of cases more than nearly 100 miles apart in the country’s north. First, a 38-year-old man in Codogno, an industrial town in…

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#Iranian skier makes appeal for women’s rights in her country

#Iranian skier makes appeal for women’s rights in her country

“#Iranian skier makes appeal for women’s rights in her country” CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Iranian skier Forough Abbasi accomplished one goal Thursday merely by completing her giant slalom run at the skiing world championships. It made no difference to her that she crossed the finish line nearly 25 seconds behind American favorite Mikaela Shiffrin, the…

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#Bizarre COVID-19 symptoms mount: Gangrene, ulcers, rashes

#Bizarre COVID-19 symptoms mount: Gangrene, ulcers, rashes

“#Bizarre COVID-19 symptoms mount: Gangrene, ulcers, rashes” The list of mysterious symptoms related to the coronavirus keeps getting longer. The latest unexpected side effect happened to an 86-year-old woman in Italy, whose fingers turned black with gangrene as COVID-19 caused severe clotting, cutting off the blood supply to her extremities. Doctors were forced to amputate…

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# Major payments firm SIA to launch DLT-based secondary credit marketplace

# Major payments firm SIA to launch DLT-based secondary credit marketplace

“# Major payments firm SIA to launch DLT-based secondary credit marketplace ” SIA, an Italian company specialized in e-payment services, is working on a blockchain-based system to enable secondary credit trading. The upcoming platform will allow banks, funds, and financial operators to negotiate secondary credit transactions via blockchain, SIA announced on Jan. 26. A spokesperson…

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