Climate: Heat-related calls to emergency services up 20%

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 12 - Heat-related calls to Italy's emergency services have risen by at least 20% in the last three weeks with respect to the equivalent period last year, Mario Balzanelli of the 118 health-emergency-call system told ANSA on Friday.
    Italy is current in the grip of a major heat wave.
    The number of Italian cities on red alert for the heat, meaning it is so intense it is a threat to active healthy people and not just the vulnerable, is set to rise from seven on Friday to 11 on Saturday. They are: Ancona, Bologna, Campobasso, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Perugia, Rieti, Pescara, Rome and Viterbo.
    (ANSA).