Health ministry says not aware of 5 heat-related deaths reported by WHO

The health ministry said Tuesday it

was not aware of the five heat-related deaths in Italy in the

last 24 hours reported by the World Health Organization.

"Regarding the statements from the World Health Organization,"

which released the figure of 5 heat-related deaths in Italy in

24 hours, "we are currently not aware of these deaths. As I have

said several times, our data is 'just in time,' based on real

data communicated to us by the municipalities, and to date we

have no peaks to report," Maria Rosaria Campitiello, head of the

Ministry of Health's Prevention Department, told ANSA on the

sidelines of a conference in the Senate.

"We act on real data, the WHO makes a count based on statistical

projections," she said.

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