Early days

Italy has more air connections to China than any other country in Europe, apparently. At the end of January, a couple of tourists from Wuhan flew into Milan and started their vacation heading South. They got symptoms and, reaching Rome, tested positive for Coronavirus. We were worried about potential spread, but didn’t hear of any other cases for awhile. The Italian government decided to cancel all flights from Wuhan, but didn’t restrict people from Wuhan who flew here through other routes. At this stage, we read about Coronavirus in the news a lot, but weren’t particularly concerned about its presence in Italy. Yet.

Meanwhile Milan hosted Spring fashion week and the city was jam packed. You had to squeeeeeze to get into the metro.

(photo credit: https://www.lamescolanza.com/…/giovani-occupati-piu-viaggi…/)