Why Covid-19 cases are more in Italy ?
The outbreak of Covid-19 has badly affected many nations worldwide. Everyone knows that the origin of this deadly virus is Wuhan city, China but has not affected China as badly as other nations.
The virus reached the developed , developing and under developed countries but the cases reached its peak in countries like United States, Italy , Spain etc.
Why the figure reached its peak in the country like Italy?
It's a major question that is required to be answered.
It is said that Italy is a favorite destination for Chinese tourists and every year in thousands pay visit to this place.As per report the first Covid-19 case was discovered in Chinese tourist in Feb 20.
Experts also say that the first Covid-19 case was reported on Feb 20 but before that the virus was spreaded in the country undetected for two to three weeks.
Another factor that increased the cases in Italy is taking late decision in implementation of lock-down may be because of matter relating to national economy .
Reports also say that Italy has high number of patients with history of smoking and heart disease that also added more to the number.
One more factor that increased the number in Italy is large population of elderly . In Europe ,Italy has the most elderly population and the second most elderly population in the world after Japan. Another report says that the median age of people who lost their lives in Italy has been eighty years and those needed critical care support has been 67 years average age.
The mortality rate in Italy increased because of burden of positive cases on the health care system.As the hospitals overcrowded the infection rate of medical personnel increased.It is said that nearly 9000 medical personnel get infected as of March 30 resulted in loss of capacity for hospitals to respond.
One of the major factors that is believed to increase the number of positive cases in Italy is Champions league on Feb 19 in which a large population attended and celebrated the event resulting in massive viral transmission.
Many also not followed the instructions of lock-down like social distancing, wearing mask etc that also added number to the positive cases.
It's a major question that is required to be answered.
It is said that Italy is a favorite destination for Chinese tourists and every year in thousands pay visit to this place.As per report the first Covid-19 case was discovered in Chinese tourist in Feb 20.
Experts also say that the first Covid-19 case was reported on Feb 20 but before that the virus was spreaded in the country undetected for two to three weeks.
Another factor that increased the cases in Italy is taking late decision in implementation of lock-down may be because of matter relating to national economy .
Reports also say that Italy has high number of patients with history of smoking and heart disease that also added more to the number.
One more factor that increased the number in Italy is large population of elderly . In Europe ,Italy has the most elderly population and the second most elderly population in the world after Japan. Another report says that the median age of people who lost their lives in Italy has been eighty years and those needed critical care support has been 67 years average age.
The mortality rate in Italy increased because of burden of positive cases on the health care system.As the hospitals overcrowded the infection rate of medical personnel increased.It is said that nearly 9000 medical personnel get infected as of March 30 resulted in loss of capacity for hospitals to respond.
One of the major factors that is believed to increase the number of positive cases in Italy is Champions league on Feb 19 in which a large population attended and celebrated the event resulting in massive viral transmission.
Many also not followed the instructions of lock-down like social distancing, wearing mask etc that also added number to the positive cases.
These are the reasons that collectively affected Italy and resulted in large numbers of positive cases and also the deaths number.
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