Martina Luoni, the 'lioness' of the fight against Covid, has died

Milan. The "lioness" had to surrender to cancer: Martina Luoni, the young woman who became a spokesperson for Lombardy's fight against Covid, died this morning.

The announcement on his Instagram profile has collected hundreds of comments and messages of condolence."Today the lioness lost her battle, now her compass will lead her in search of new sunsets, the ones she's always dreamed of, always with a smile on her lips that no one can ever take away," read the post in which her family announced the death of Martina Luoni, the woman from Solaro, in the Milan area, who had metastatic colon cancer and had become a spokesperson for the fight against Covid. "From today," the post, followed by hundreds of condolences, reads, "whoever looks at a sunset will remember the lioness Martina." In July, in a self-written post, the 27-year-old admitted she was tired of fighting her illness, "tired of being strong, tired of enduring the pain and discomfort, tired of being called a lioness, tired... simply tired." She had just started a new course of experimental treatments, "in two months we'll see where it takes us. In the meantime, here I am, 10 kilos lighter but with the desire to reclaim my life and my independence. We all know I'm the winner, right?!"

The young woman had helped raise funds for people with the same illness as her over the years.

Martina Luoni was 27 years old and died of cancer after a three-year battle with the disease. She had become famous for having spoken on her social profiles about the problems of cancer patients during the Covid pandemic, which has often slowed down the necessary treatments. His appeals had attracted the attention of the institutions, with the Lombardy region who had called her to be a testimonial in the anti-Covid campaignThe funeral will be held on Thursday. Born in Solaro, in the hinterland north of Milan, she discovered she had colon cancer in 2018.

His name became known in 2020, when he posted a video on his Instagram profileGood morning everyone, for those who don't know me, I'm Martina. I'm 26 years old and three years ago I was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer. Today I'm here on IGTV to report the situation in Lombardy's hospitals. I was declared cured after several surgeries, but in December 2019, after tests, it was revealed that the disease hadn't disappeared, but I had returned to work. In March, Covid exploded, and the healthcare system began to suffer. Since then, I've been unable to see a specialist with my parents because patients are isolated. One hospital wouldn't even treat me.