Coronavirus exposed Europe's weaknesses. Here are five of the key moments that shaped Europe’s early response — and, in some cases, continue to plague its handling of the pandemic ft.com/content/efdadd…
An early lesson from Italy was how quickly hospitals could be overwhelmed.
In February, a 37-year-old became the first person in Italy to test positive. The subsequent flood of patients in Lombardy’s hospitals strained the local healthcare system ft.com/content/efdadd…
In February, a 37-year-old became the first person in Italy to test positive. The subsequent flood of patients in Lombardy’s hospitals strained the local healthcare system ft.com/content/efdadd…
Spain’s experience showed the danger of delay.
Fernando Simón, head of Spain’s health emergency co-ordination centre insisted ‘there is no virus in Spain,’ on February 23.
Spain was soon to be hit harder than any other country in the EU ft.com/content/efdadd…
Fernando Simón, head of Spain’s health emergency co-ordination centre insisted ‘there is no virus in Spain,’ on February 23.
Spain was soon to be hit harder than any other country in the EU ft.com/content/efdadd…
France was among the first countries in Europe to realise the devastation wrought by Covid-19 in old people’s homes. Deaths of French care home residents represent half of the country’s recorded toll ft.com/content/efdadd…
Germany's protectionist impulse outraged its neighbours, especially when Angela Merkel banned the export of all protective medical equipment at the start of the pandemic — ultimately a source of embarrassment for Europe’s largest economy ft.com/content/efdadd…
Coronavirus was also a danger to the EU itself. But Macron and Merkel urging the EU to borrow €500bn to hand out as grants for Europe’s economic recovery from the crisis in May would mark a turning point in Europe’s response to the coronavirus pandemic ft.com/content/efdadd…
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