Several quarantined regions, safety distance of one meter, schools, theaters, cinemas and ski resorts closed throughout the country ... Italy took drastic measures, Sunday and Monday, to try to stem the coronavirus epidemic on its territory. And for good reason: the country is now the second most affected in the world behind China, with 9,172 cases including 463 deaths, or fifteen times more deaths than in France (25 deaths for 1,412 cases, according to the last official assessment in the evening of March 9).
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How to explain that Italy is so badly affected, unlike its European neighbors? The answer to this question is not obvious and several reasons, sometimes divergent, are cited by the Italian experts. Le Figaro takes stock.
- A different screening system
One of the first explanations invoked by the Italian experts was the modality of the tests for detection of the coronavirus. In the boot, we do a lot more screening tests than in the others
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