The Italian Chief of Staff: The army is participating in the operations to contain the Corona virus

The Chief of Staff of the Italian Army, General Salvatore Farina, said that the state of health emergency saw the army, along with all other armed forces and state institutions, always work with readiness and capacity.

Farina added, "For more than a year now, we have been working in a succession of events, from receiving our citizens returning from Wuhan who were quarantined in the military city (Cicignola) in Rome, to sending doctors and nurses to strengthen the national health structures," according to a news agency. / Aki / Italian.

"Our activities have also extended from controlling the red areas to deploying field hospitals and allocating health structures, such as the Cilio Hospital in the capital and the Milan Military Hospital, through laboratories for conducting detection analyzes, logistical planning and transportation, including the coffins of the victims of our citizens," the Italian Army Chief of Staff added.

He declared: "I wish all our soldiers success in foreign missions, from Afghanistan to the Baltic states, through Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, Kosovo and Libya."