![Trees planted in the northern Bergamo'Remembrance Forest' created to commemorate the Corona 19 victims on the 18th (local time). [EPA=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/file.mk.co.kr/meet/yonhap/2021/03/18/image_readtop_2021_261359_0_224411.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
Trees planted in the northern Bergamo’Remembrance Forest’ created to commemorate the Corona 19 victims on the 18th (local time). [EPA=연합뉴스] ▶ Click here for a larger view
The first national memorial event was held in Italy on the 18th (local time) to commemorate the deaths of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
According to the ANSA news agency, the Italian government held a memorial service in Bergamo, northern Lombardy, in the presence of Prime Minister Mario Draghi and President Sergio Matarella.
Prime Minister Draghi visited the city cemetery where the corona19 dead were buried and made a wreath, and attended the opening ceremony of the’Forest of Memory’, which was created to commemorate the victims. As the first step, 100 trees were planted in the Forest of Memory.
He pointed out that “this forest is not only a place to remember many victims, but also a symbol of national suffering.”
He also stressed that Italy will overcome this pain and rise again, and that Bergamo will be a precious example.
![Prime Minister Mario Draghi makes a wreath at the Bergamo Cemetery where the Corona 19 dead were buried on the 18th (local time). [로이터=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/file.mk.co.kr/meet/yonhap/2021/03/18/image_readmed_2021_261359_1_224411.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
Prime Minister Mario Draghi makes a wreath at the Bergamo Cemetery where the Corona 19 dead were buried on the 18th (local time). [로이터=연합뉴스]▶ Click here for a larger view
Bergamo is one of Italy’s biggest victims due to the coronavirus outbreak.
In March last year, when the spread of the virus was at its peak, about 10 pages of local newspapers were filled with obituaries.
The photos of military vehicles moving in line at the time were deeply imprinted in the minds of people around the world as an image symbolizing the tragedy brought about by the virus outbreak.
The Italian government designated March 18, when a military vehicle first transported the body from Bergamo, as a national memorial day for the victims of Corona 19, and this time the first event was held.
On this day, early steps were put on public buildings throughout Italy, and a one-minute silence was held along with the memorial siren.
As of the 17th, the number of new confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Italy per day is 23,59 and the number of deaths is 431. Cumulatively, the number was 3.81,810 and 103,432, respectively.
![A military vehicle mobilized in Bergamo in northern Italy in March last year to move the body to another region. [ANSA 통신]](https://i0.wp.com/file.mk.co.kr/meet/yonhap/2021/03/18/image_readbot_2021_261359_2_224411.jpg?w=500&ssl=1)
A military vehicle mobilized in Bergamo in northern Italy in March last year to move the body to another region. [ANSA 통신] [연합뉴스]
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