Gino Verani is put on a stretcher as he is taken to hospital, after coming down with a fever, as his family stand around him, at his home in San Fiorano, Italy, August 23, 2020. Toniolo, Verani's grandson, said that while Verani was alone in bed on the ground floor, his condition got worse every day. He could not get up, and was almost always lying in bed. The confusion and agitation of the first period, due to immobility, gave way to a state of continuous numbness. When Verani came down with a fever, which Toniolo said was probably due to the air conditioning, they called health professionals to carry out checks and, as always, to exclude the risk that he had contracted COVID-19. REUTERS/Marzio Toniolo SEARCH "TONIOLO GRANDFATHER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES