Spotlight: Italy mulls new 25-bn-euro rescue package as coronavirus fatalities exceed 8,000

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate, in Rome, Italy, March 26, 2020. Giuseppe Conte on Thursday reported to the Senate on his government's actions to date and to describe future measures to counteract the economic fallout from the virus. Earlier this month, the government approved a 25-billion-euro package for the national healthcare system, workers, families and the business sector. Conte told the Senate that his government is at work on a new package "with additional allocations of no less than the 25 billion (euros) we have already allocated." (Xinhua)