The Italian government wasn't even that bad in this occasion. Italy's been the first western country to be badly hit, and given the exponential spread of the vi

The Italian government wasn't even that bad in this occasion. Italy's been the first western country to be badly hit, and given the exponential spread of the virus it had very little time to take absolutely unprecedented measures. Other countries have it a little bit easier as they can see what happened in Italy and follow the same road, earlier. Also, take in account that the Lombardy region and the Milan area are one of the most densely populated in Europe, with a huge traffic of people for business and tourism, as well as the economic center of the country. Preventing and containing the epidemic wasn't easy at all, and the decision to quarantine it extremely difficult given its importance.