Italy was the first country in the EU to be part of China's "belt and road" program.
Iran is also part of the same program.
These two countries took it on the chin because they had thousands of Chinese workers in their country, and they never closed their borders. In addition, the prevalence of smoking in these countries is twice as high as the USA, and that weakens the lungs. Covid is a respiratory infection.
Italy was the first country in the EU to be part of China's "belt and road" program.
Iran is also part of the same program.
These two countries took it on the chin because they had thousands of Chinese workers in their country, and they never closed their borders. In addition, the prevalence of smoking in these countries is twice as high as the USA, and that weakens the lungs. Covid is a respiratory infection.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/12/the-900bn-question-what-is-the-belt-and-road-initiative