– Matteo Bassetti said patients who could have previously succumbed to COVID-19 were recovering without breathing difficulties

– Bassetti said the virus was like a tiger in March and April but had downgraded to a wild cat in the recent weeks

– The professor said the virus was weakening by itself and a vaccine was no longer necessary to quell it

– He further said though it was not scientifically proven, there was a huge likelihood that COVID-19 was losing its virulence and was mutating

The novel coronavirus is no longer lethal as it used to be and could die on its own without a vaccine, an Italian expert has said.

Head of the infectious diseases clinic at the Policlinico San Martino hospital in Italy, Matteo Bassetti hinted at a possible end in sight of the virus after stating that COVID-19 was losing its virulence since most patients who would…