What the world can learn from Italy about Covid-19 virus?
What the world can learn from Italy about Covid-19 virus?
Author(s): Dejan Azeski
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije IFIMES
Keywords: COVID-19; Italy; policy; lessons;
Summary/Abstract: The Apennine Peninsula is geographically far from the Balkans, but basically judging by the mentality they are very similar to us. That is why intense socializing in small closed places (such as most of the Italian cafes and pubs) and in times of imminent danger of the virus contributed to its spread too quickly. Italians as well as Balkans did not pay too much attention to appeals from the authorities not to go to bars every day after work - and thankfully during work. The local police have a fine and cultural problem with imposing restrictive measures and their authority. So, quarantine, although it has long been announced in practice, is difficult to apply. And that's why we got to this massive scale disaster.
Series: IFIMES Research Papers
- Page Count: 9
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
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