Chinese frontline medical worker Peng Zhiyong, Director of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, shares his COVID-19 treatment experience with Italian Doctor Enrico Storti, Director of the Emergency Department of ASST Hospital in Lodi, Italy, via conference call on Wednesday. They plan to communicate their working experiences in fighting against COVID-19 and answer questions from netizens during a livestream.

With over 9,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Italy is now one of the worst-hit countries by the virus outside China. Many of the 14 new cases represented the first infections in Italy acquired through secondary contagion and which brought the country's total to 17. The cluster was located in a handful of small towns around Lodi, in the Lombardy region.