A Rough Guide to Getting a COVID-19 Lockdown Right

A Rough Guide to Getting a COVID-19 Lockdown Right
A lone person crosses Piazza del Popolo in Rome, March 19, 2020 (AP photo by Andrew Medichini).

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PISA, Italy—In Pisa, we are entering our 11th day of full lockdown, following a couple of weeks during which normal life, and the economy, was progressively shut down.

While China and some other Asian countries are loosening restrictions on movement, most of the world is now following Italy’s path. That offers national governments and local authorities an opportunity to learn from Italy’s successes and failures in designing a lockdown that is well-understood and observed, and which maintains popular support.

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