Lebanese Ambassador to Rome, Mira Daher, confirmed to the National News Agency on Friday that she was holding continuous meetings with the Italian ministries of foreign affairs and health, as well as with Rome airport authorities, over the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the best means to protect the community from it.
She explained that the number of Coronavirus cases in Italy was very high due to the fact that the authorities were conducting "a comprehensive laboratory survey of the population", explaining that the virus kills the elderly.
"Coronavirus precautionary measures have prevented the death of a large number of Italians with regular flu, which every year leads to the death of more than 150 people, according to official statistics," the diplomat said, insisting that travel to Italy should not be banned.
Ambassador Daher finally expressed readiness "to provide any service to the Lebanese community in Italy."
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