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epa09693313 A patient is treated in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Policlinico di Tor Vergata hospital in Rome, Italy, 18 January 2022. Italy struggles with high numbers of coronavirus infections again as the seven-day incidence in the country shows more than 2,000 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants on 18 January 2022. EPA/GIUSEPPE LAMI