Russia installs ventilators at Italian hospital

Russian medical teams installed 20 ventilators on Monday at a field hospital set up by Italy's mountain infantry in coronavirus-hit Bergamo and planned to install 15 more.

The field hospital, with 142 beds, will host the first patients from Monday and will be operated by 200 medical experts from Russia and Italy.

The Russian mission to Italy began after President Vladimir Putin offered the aid in a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on March 21.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.

For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and could lead to death.