1. You can't find it if you don't look for it. Italy did more tests than the rest of Europe combined. Source as of 2nd of March (a bit old by now, but hey): htt

1. You can't find it if you don't look for it. Italy did more tests than the rest of Europe combined. Source as of 2nd of March (a bit old by now, but hey): https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/ 2. Italy was the first country in Europe to ban direct flights with China. 3. Really took some hard, unpopular decisions regarding quarantine and containment. Lombardy and Veneto are the main engine of the country. 4. Together with Japan, has one of the oldest, age wise, populations on the planet, the most fragile in this moment (reason for the high mortality rate). 5. Schools and university closed until April. Entire provinces will be in quarantine (no entry/exit unless for urgent reasons) .etc. I hope other countries in Europe won't be in a worse situation in a few weeks time due to the delayed start they had. I think Italy did the best by searching as wide as possible even if this wrongly painted them as the source of the spreading in Europe. But, in the long run, it was for the best.