Italy's reaction to Covid-19 and its political consequences.

It appears that the right-wing extremist Liga party, in power in Lombardia, leaked the Lombardia quarantine plan so as to provoke chaos which it could then blame it on the government.

Praise for Italy's well-organized campaign to block spread of the virus, treat those who are sick (nearly all patients can survive with good treatment), and prevent the disastrous economic consequences that the epidemic is likely to have.