An Italian nurse serving at the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic took her own life after testing positive for the virus. Reports claim the health worker got "terrified" that she had infected others.
Daniela Trezzi, 34, had been suffering "heavy stress" amid fears she could spread the deadly disease to patients at the San Gerardo Hospital, Daily Mail reported.
The U.K. news site added she was working in the intensive care unit while under quarantine after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
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The National Federation of Nurses of Italy expressed its "pain and dismay" over the demise, which came as the country's mounting dying toll surged with 743 additional fatalities Tuesday, Mar. 25.
The group added Trezzi's death was not the first time a nurse treating coronavirus patients in Italy committed suicide. New York Post reported that a similar episode had happened a week ago in Venice, with the same underlying reasons
"The condition and stress to which our specialists are subjected are under the eyes of all," the federation said. With the risks in these conditions and stress with the shortage of staff, the federation added the situation among the nurses might not be the last.
Hospital general manager Mario Alparone noted that Trezzi had been "homesick" since March 10 and that "she was not under surveillance."
The nurse's loss of life is now under investigation, the Daily Mail said.
COVID-19 continues to take a toll in Italy
Al Jazeera reported that fatalities in Italy from coronavirus have surged in the last 24 hours. The death toll rose through 743 on Tuesday, the second-highest daily tally as the outbreak emerged in northern areas of the country.
Some 602 deaths had been recorded on Monday, far decrease than the world record 793 deaths closing Saturday.
About 5,760 health care workers had been infected with the aid of the virus, according to Australian news site Brisbane Times.
Nino Cartabellotta, the head of the Gimbe foundation, told Daily Mail this 'phenomenon' ought to be 'curbed to safeguard individuals who cope with us.'
Health officers throughout Italy are poring over every new piece of data to peer whether or not weeks of bans and closures have made a dent in the crisis.
Italy's civil protection service chief Angelo Borrelli, according to reports, said the measures government took two weeks ago are starting to affect.
He added that more data released over the next few days will help show 'if the growth curve is clearly flattening.'
Still, the latest facts come as a disappointment to a country that has been in lockdown for two weeks, Al Jazeera said.
The government has also closed all businesses not deemed to be essential to the nation's supply chain of vital requirements.
Some officers have counseled that it's far nonetheless too soon to mention if Italy is set to look a peak in the outbreak.
