City at centre of Italy's COVID-19 tragedy works to heal 'deep scar'

Graves of people who recently died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen at the cemetery of Nembro, near Bergamo, Italy May 13, 2020. Picture taken May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

BERGAMO, Italy (Reuters) - After months leading his city through one of Europe's worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Giorgio Gori, mayor of the northern Italian town of Bergamo, says the worst of the health crisis may be past. The new challenge of rebuilding is just beginning.

Once best known for the Renaissance-era architecture of its historic old town, which sits on a hill overlooking the modern city, Bergamo quickly found itself at the what Gori described as the epicentre of an earthquake.