164160 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.heart.co.uk/news/uk-world/coronavirus-italian-town-turns-chapel-into-mo/Doctor Francesca Cortellaro, from the San Carlo Borromeo hospital in Milan, is one of many medical staff in Italy to speak candidly about their struggle with coronavirus. Many have shared harrowing tales and photos of exhausting shifts - and of the toll the battle is taking. One has likened the virus to an earthquake.Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:03:00 +0100heart-1ffc49c9d403c9d813df64a724597cf420200313170300https://www.heart.co.uk/news/uk-world/coronavirus-italian-town-turns-chapel-into-mo/Bergamo, in the Lombardy region near Milan, is among the Italian towns worst affected by coronavirus. It has more than 2,000 confirmed cases - recording a jump of over 300 cases in 24 hours - and almost 150 deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:58:00 +0100heart-aaec1553541310a5f11cc43c5e77c78a20200313135800https://www.heart.co.uk/news/uk-world/coronavirus-mount-everest-shut-ahead-of-climb/Nepal's government has suspended climbing permits for Mount Everest and all other peaks due to concern over the spread of the coronavirus. Despite only one COVID-19 case being confirmed in the country, the government has closed all of its Himalayan peaks, prohibiting foreign tourists from climbing during the spring season.Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:58:00 +0100heart-e1c98f2af8d11a8eeff124899fd7e83e20200313135800https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-mount-everest-shut-ahead-of-climbing-season-11956772Nepal's government has suspended climbing permits for Mount Everest and all other peaks due to concern over the spread of the coronavirus. Despite only one COVID-19 case being confirmed in the country, the government has closed all of its Himalayan peaks, prohibiting foreign tourists from climbing during the spring season.Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:05:00 +0100skynews-15a5583ca3a10e99db2568b59b20f43920200313120500