For weeks now, the number of #Covid19 cases has been growing in Lombardy and elsewhere in northern Italy, and the death toll has also been rising dramatically. Italy has the most cases after China. pic.twitter.com/IEPs2VXI7V— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) March 8, 2020
4x / @nzingaretti, the head of the governing center-left @pdnetwork and prez of the Lazio region, went to Milan Feb. 27 to have an aperitivo and say everything was fine. This weekend, Zingaretti said he'd tested positive for #COVID2019.— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) March 8, 2020
6x / It's not just about the death rate, but about the public health system. The head of the Lombardy region's intensive care crisis unit says the system is on the brink of collapse. He expects ~18,000 cases soon, of which ~3,000 will need intensive care https://t.co/Z4UyUeDhH3— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) March 8, 2020
8x / Even before Italy imposed these new rules, countries from Israel to the Democratic Republic of Congo had been blocking or quarantining for 2 weeks anyone arriving from Italy, China, France, Germany https://t.co/nVx0JaEGyf— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) March 8, 2020
10 / Restaurants & bars across Italy must operate with restricted hours, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. (dinner is normally 8p.m.) and people must sit 1 meter away from each other. This pits conviviality against a sense of responsibility. But if the alternative is intensive care... #COVID19— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) March 8, 2020
12x/ In France, schools have been closed and other precautionary measures taken in the Val d'Oise outside Paris and also in Ajaccio, Corsica, where the number of cases has been rising.— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) March 8, 2020
14// If you've learned something from this thread, be sure to check out the excellent #COVID19 coverage in @TheAtlantic including by @jameshamblin @alexismadrigal @yayitsrob @juliettekayyem https://t.co/fczEZFYUXJhttps://t.co/0gxvHOtuq8https://t.co/LbE4t6kDUh— Rachel Donadio (@RachelDonadio) March 8, 2020
