Abstract
The authors evaluate the importance of prevention measures and health care from their own experience and briefly analyse the factors that may have contributed to the rapid spread of Covid-19 in Italy, and hope this will feed into appropriate and new and improved health policies.
Keywords:
Covid-19; coronavirus pandemic; health care; health policies; lessons.
MeSH terms
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Betacoronavirus*
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COVID-19
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Communicable Disease Control*
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Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
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Coronavirus Infections / transmission
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Health Policy*
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Health Services Needs and Demand
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Humans
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Italy / epidemiology
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National Health Programs*
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Pandemics
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Personal Protective Equipment / supply & distribution
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Pharmaceutical Preparations / supply & distribution
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Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
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Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
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SARS-CoV-2
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Strategic Stockpile
Substances
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Pharmaceutical Preparations