Dec 27, 2021
Italy was the first European
country to feel the full force of Covid-19. Stark images of army
trucks carrying bodies, ICU wards beyond capacity and the deserted
streets of Milan and Rome, were a ringing alarm bell to Europe, of
what was to come.
In this episode from August
2021, Antonello Guerrera, a journalist for the Italian newspaper la
Repubblica, talks about how those scenes are embedded in the minds
of Italians, forming a solidarity and caution that could mean they
are more likely than others to embrace vaccinations and vaccine
passports, and reflects on
whether recent sporting triumphs represent a redemption for the
country, after the despair of 2020.
Sources: Sky Sports, Andrea Bocelli, CGTN, NBC News, France 24