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Actually, Italy banned direct flights from China more than a month ago, well before the outbreak, and took harsh criticism from China. https://www.aerospace-te

• netsharc 7y ago
  Didn't China ban their tourist groups from departing? But that happened a while after the outbreak became well known, to speculate an answer to the Ask HN question, maybe there was a tourist group from Wuhan that got many Italians infected. A German blogger (fefe) is also asking if the Chinese "sweatshops" in Italy might have something to do with it (article about these textile factories: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/02/italys-biggest-chinese-community-clashes-with-police-near-florence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/02/italys-biggest... )
  • dotcoma 7y ago
    As far as I know, China stopped flights only from the Wuhan and the other main cities that were affected; Italy stopped all flights from China. Did the problem originate from Chinese tourists in Italy? Two cases in Rome, as far as I know, about a month ago; both were treated and have recovered. There are no major problems in the city of Prato; also, as far as I know, there are no large Chinese communities in the areas where things are really bad.