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Riano (Italy), Apr 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mercedes Ortuño Lizarán) Roman journalist Monica Maggi saves "books destined for destruction or abandonment" to later give them away in small markets in the province of Rome, convinced that reading "should be a good for all and not a privilege."FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF RIANO IN ITALY. SOUNDBITES OF MONICA MAGGI, JOURNALIST, IN ITALIAN.TRANSLATIONS:"Reading should be a good available to all and not a privilege.""Until the day when, coming back from a market, tired, very tired, I looked at my car, in which I carry my books, and I said: okay, I'm tired, but I'm very happy because I make others happy".“And the story of the Happy Book Store was born. It's me: I'm a happy bookseller. Tired but happy ".
La Paz, Apr 23 (EFE), (CAMERA: Yolanda Salazar) .- Bolivian readers have changed the way of acquiring a book as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that previously focused on going to bookstores and are now purchasing books online, through social networks or downloading them for free.
Surges of COVID-19 patients are threatening to overwhelm hospitals across the nation. CNN reports at least 123,639 people across the country were in the hospital with the novel coronavirus on Saturday. The COVID Tracking Project says that marks the 32nd consecutive day that the number of hospitalizations has exceeded 100,000. Cases skyrocketed after the Thanksgiving holiday. The fallout form Christmas and New Year's celebrations are still unfolding. Johns Hopkins University data reveals that as of Saturday, more than 20.4 million people have been infected with the virus in the US. At least 350,186 people have died from the illness.
Barcelona, Apr 23 (EFE).- Health workers and patients at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona on Thursday received 5,000 roses that local florists donated to mark Sant Jordi's Day.FOOTAGE OF HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL RECEIVING THE FLOWERS ON THURSDAY.
France reports a decrease in the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care for the sixth day in a row, with 91 fewer people being treated in intensive care units. SOUNDBITE
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