Exactly one year ago, Italy began to come to terms with the dreaded covid-19 pandemic emergency. 

The  field hospital that was being built in the China looked like an engineering effort from out of space. All of this changed when the first two covid-19 positive patients were admitted to the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome. 

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A couple of Chinese tourists, 66 and 65 years old, on 29 January 2020,  were in fact admitted to the hospital after being treated in a hotel in the capital. They were in Italy for a sightseeing tour together with a group of  compatriots, who were also subsequently quarantined after the hospitalization of the two travel companions.

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Almost a month later, the first positive cases emerged among Italian patients with outbreaks in the Lodigiano area and Veneto region. In a short time, Italy ended up in the spotlight. It was the beginning of the current health emergency.