ROME, April 17, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Retired firefighters transfer boxes of medical supplies outside a warehouse near Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy, on April 17, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed 22,745 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of cases, including fatalities and recoveries, so far to 172,434, according to the latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department on Friday. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua/IANS)