MP’s have been briefed on the difference between Italy’s and Britain’s response to Coronavirus. Apparently, the contrast could not be more different, with England accused of being too lax with restrictions and not having learned the lessons from the first wave...
‘Britain and Italy's response to the coronavirus could not be more different, MPs told’
‘As Britain battles a second wave of coronavirus infections, MPs heard on Wednesday how Italy, the epicentre of Europe’s coronavirus outbreak back in February, managed to turn the tide on the disease’
‘Italy’s response to the coronavirus outbreak was once seen as too extreme, but tough measures
have since helped keep infections down, a group of experts told the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Wednesday’
‘Britain, on the other hand, has been too complacent and even now, as the country is
faced with a growing threat, measures are not strict enough’
‘The UK is now facing a second wave of the virus and more restrictions while in Italy seems to have so far escaped a huge resurgence of the disease’
‘The two countries have similar sized populations but the cultural chasm between the two nations has resulted in divergent epidemiological outcomes’
‘The contrast between Britain and Italy’s response could not be more different, agreed Professor Luca Richeldi, Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Modena and a member of Italy’s strategic committee for Covid-19’
"England is being too generous” with restrictions, he told MPs. The new rules put forward by Boris Johnson on Tuesday still allow households to mix indoors where infection is rife’
Britain and Italy's response to the coronavirus could not be more different, MPs told — The Telegraph