Renzo Piano’s under-construction replacement for Genoa’s Ponte Morandi motorway viaduct has been illuminated in a show of solidarity with health professionals and other workers at the frontline of Italy’s coronavirus response.

Consturction firm Salini Impregilo, which is delivering the replacement for the original 1967 bridge that collapsed in 2018 killing 43 people, said the light shows which started at the weekend would become a daily fixture.

”It is a symbolic gesture to pay homage to the officials, doctors, health workers, security forces, store workers, truck drivers, volunteers and everyone else involved in saving lives and ensuring indispensable services for the country – all without rest,” the firm said.

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