My direct source is Italian newspapers and personal conversation with ER doctors. You can use google translate to read this local newspaper from Bergamo that q

My direct source is Italian newspapers and personal conversation with ER doctors. You can use google translate to read this local newspaper from Bergamo that quotes the Lombardy ministry of health about how this Monday they closed day hospitals (clinics? not sure how it translates) and scheduled surgeries are reduced to a minimum: https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/gallera-stop-attivita-ambulatori-da-lunediterapia-intensiva-corsa-contro-il-t_1343804_11/ https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/bergamo-citta/gallera-st... Don't get me wrong - the situation is bad, and it will get much worse. We can probably help Bergamo by shifting people around, if we reverse the trend and the rest of the country stays in a better situation, but if left unmanaged the epidemic would definitely bring the healthcare system to its knees. But we're not there yet and hopefully we'll be able to avoid it. And again, because this is very important: COVID patients do not go through ER. Please tell everyone around you that if they suspect COVID they must NOT GO TO THE ER. In the beginning of the epidemic, before this information was understood by people, infections in the ER have been a major factor of the virus spread.