New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask holds a wakeboard at Idroscalo artificial lake, as Italy eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Milan, Italy, May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

ROME (Reuters) - The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday.

"In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy," said Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy's coronavirus contagion.