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Globalisation  has been part of the problem.
Globalisation is what help lead to the initial spread of the virus to northern Italy. Most people don't realise that the Chinese took over the leather industry in Northern Italy and the Italian Government allowed direct flights from Wuhan to Milan. There are 300,000 Chinese in northern Italy.

This has been an ongoing problem for years.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-20-fg-madeinitaly20-story.html


The Prato industrial zone now accounts for more than 30% of Italy's textile imports from China.
"More than half of Italian-owned businesses in the industrial zone have gone to the wall over the past decade," Mr Landi continues. "There are now more Chinese garment manufacturers than there are Italian textile producers."


Its been going on for 25 years I'm not sure what the answer is, but Australia should learn from this lesson.
In the Italian textile industry

"Some 200 Italian business are now controlled by Chinese owners (not including the ones owned by Chinese living in Italy),
https://qz.com/280247/china-is-buying-up-italy-one-company-at-a-time/

Australia is already facing the same problem, this coronavirus situation should make us all wake up.