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Will We Heed Lessons Learned From Italy's Bergamo COVID-19 Infections,
Deaths?

Sabina Castelfranco

   ROME - TheItalian city of Bergamo was hard-hitby coronavirusand became
   the country's center for the disease. Now that there are signs
   infections are slowing there,observers are realizing what went wrong.

   Thehead ofthe city of Bergamo'sdoctors' association,Guido Marinoni,
   saysthat back in January, pneumoniacaseswere not recognized as the
   novelcoronavirus.

   He saysdoctorsin the northern Italian citydid not have adequate
   protective gear and were not being tested despite showing light
   symptoms. Areas that should have been locked down, he added, were
   not,and thataugmented the spread of the virus.

   Marinoni saystesting of doctors only started last weekand many still
   don't havenecessaryprotective gear.

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