The Coronavirus curve in Italy appears to finally be flattening. The country went into lockdown on March 9th and has battled to gain control of the outbreak. However the data is finally showing a flattening of the growth curve.

However officials do not believe Italy has reached its peak. Lockdown is due to end April 13th, but the gradual return to normality is not expected until May 16th.

We expect that we could reach the peak these coming days. We are not in a descending phase, but the growth is slowing down.” said Silvio Brusaferro, president of the National Institute of Health.

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