Ciro Immobile has taken to Instagram to slam British celebrity doctor Christian Jensen for claiming that Italians are using coronavirus as an excuse to take “a long siesta”.
The Lazio striker was left infuriated by the comments in the wake of a crisis in Italy that has left more than 1,250 dead and over 17,000 ill.
The pandemic has not hit the UK in the same manner as yet, with 798 cases of the illness confirmed as of Friday, March 13, with 10 having passed away.
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Discussing the issue on FUBAR Radio ’s ‘Access All Areas’, the Embarrassing Bodies star said: “This might be a little bit racist to say this, [and] you’ll have to make apologies, but do you not think it’s a bit of an excuse?