Italy struggles with virus ‘that doesn’t respect borders’ | Italy

Turin, Italy – Michele L did not know what to do when he heard that the coronavirus had hit Codogno in northern Italy, less than 10km from his hometown Casalpusterlengo. An Italian man in his late 30s, identified as Patient 1, had been declared critically ill in Codogno. It was Friday, and Michele was about an hour’s drive away in Milan. Should he stay in Milan or visit his hometown? “I wondered