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WORLD NEWS Thursday 16 april 2020
Italian virus hospital offers Fauci work if Trump fires him

By NICOLE WINFIELD texts and always, because
Associated Press the principle is to defend
ROME (AP) — The scientific science, not to please poli-
director of Italy's leading ticians."
infectious disease hospi- "The world needs Fauci.
tal offered Wednesday to America needs Fauci," he
hire Dr. Anthony Fauci if added.
President Donald Trump re- In the letter, Ippolito said It-
moves him from the White aly would gladly welcome
House coronavirus task Fauci's expertise. He cited
force, saying quite simply his work on the SARS, HIV,
"the world needs Fauci." Ebola and Zika outbreaks,
Dr. Giuseppe Ippolito of and praised his training of a
Rome's Lazzaro Spallanzani generation of doctors and
hospital said in an interview nurses. Fauci's work, Ippoli-
with The Associated Press to wrote, "has saved the
that no one knows infec- lives of millions of women,
tious disease better than men and children in the
Fauci. "There is no one else United States and all over
who has written the history the world."
of medicine and infectious His letter was addressed
diseases like Tony Fauci," he to Italian President Sergio
told the AP. "There is no one Mattarella, with copies
else who has been able Spallanzani Hospital Scientific Director Giuseppe Ippolito talks during an interview with The sent to the Italian premier,
to write about, and to de- Associated Press, in Rome, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. health minister, foreign min-
crypt, the secrets of infec- Associated Press. ister, as well as local region-
tious diseases." and "generous and selfless Speculation about Fauci's the White House say the al authorities. He wrote that
Ippolito wrote a letter to help" to Spallanzani and fate swirled over the week- president has complained Spallanzani itself "would be
the Italian president and other hospitals around the end after he told CNN that about Fauci's positive me- honored" to bring Fauci on
other officials, saying Italy world -- "a generosity that the U.S. would have "obvi- dia attention and has as an adviser, whereas the
should welcome Fauci with we like to associate (with) ously" saved lives if virus mit- sought to leave him out of Italian government as a
open arms. The country is his Italian heritage, always igation efforts had begun task force briefings. whole could benefit form
the European epicenter of remembered with pride." earlier. Trump responded "Politicians don't like un- his "great vision and exper-
the pandemic, and Spall- Ippolito said removing Fau- by reposting a tweet that comfortable scientists, they tise." The Spallanzani hospi-
anzani treated its first pa- ci from the U.S. task force included the line: "Time to always want servile scien- tal issued the letter in both
tients. "would be disastrous news #FireFauci." tists," Ippolito told the AP. Italian and English and sent
The letter released Wednes- not only for the United On Monday, Trump insist- "The value of science in- it to news media along with
day praised Fauci's exper- States, but for the whole in- ed Fauci's job was safe, stead is to say uncomfort- a "New Yorker" profile of
tise, experience, leadership ternational community." but Republicans close to able things too, in all con- Fauci.q

Germany plans cautious 1st steps to restart public life

By GEIR MOULSON termediate success" so far view the situation again on
Associated Press and doesn't have "much April 30. She said authori-
BERLIN (AP) — Germany room for maneuver." She ties also will recommend
plans to let smaller shops said a ban on gatherings that people wear face
reopen next week after of more than two people masks on public transport
a weeks-long coronavirus in public and an obliga- and when shopping, but
shutdown and to start re- tion to keep at a 1.5-meter are stopping short of mak-
opening schools in early (five-foot) distance from ing their use obligatory for
May, but Europe's biggest others, which has been in now. Schools have been
economy is keeping strict place since March 23, will closed since mid-March.
social distancing rules in remain in place beyond Merkel said preparations
place for now. Sunday when it was previ- will be made for them to
After much-anticipated ously set to expire. reopen step by step from
talks Wednesday with Ger- Nonessential shops, which May 4, with the oldest stu-
many's 16 state governors, have also have been dents returning first. Hair-
Chancellor Angela Merkel closed for nearly four dressing salons also should German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media about
set out a plan for the first weeks, will be allowed to prepare to reopen starting measures of the German government to avoid further spread
of the coronavirus at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany,
steps of a cautious restart start reopening, with hy- May 4, officials said. Thursday, April 9, 2020.
of public life — following giene precautions, if they State governors and Ger- Associated Press.
neighboring Austria and are up to 800 square me- many's interior minister will
Denmark and other coun- ters (8,600 square feet) in hold talks this week with rants — which also are allowed through Aug. 31.
tries in launching a slow area. So will auto show- religious communities on closed, apart from for Germany's federal struc-
loosening of restrictions. rooms, bike shops and what to do about religious takeouts — will be allowed ture gives individual states
New infections in Germa- bookshops, irrespective of gatherings, which haven't to reopen. "We are mov- significant leeway to make
ny have slowed in recent their size. Merkel said the been allowed in recent ing forward in small steps decisions, and some may
weeks, but Merkel cau- decisions apply to the pe- weeks, Merkel said. and must see what effect diverge slightly on details
tioned that the country has riod from Monday though It remains unclear when they have," Merkel said. of how to restart public
achieved only "a fragile in- May 3, and officials will re- bars, cafes and restau- Major gatherings won't be life.q