Fast forward to the end of January and Covid-19 is now highlighting itself all over the world. A cruise liner, the Diamond Princess which was cruising the coast of east Asia moored off shore in Yokohama, Japan amidst a epidemic of 619 passengers being tested positive for the virus. That’s a lot of people when you think the ship had only 3,700 passengers. How did the passengers on this cruise liner contract the disease whilst out at sea?

As well as the cases in China and Japan, there was a high number of cases becoming apparent in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy. Travel to cities such as Venice and Milan were cancelled and the normally vibrant, abundant cities become desolate. Why here? Why Italy? Things escalated quickly in Italy and soon the whole country was on a complete lockdown for their own safety.

The Italian prime minister quoted “Rescue your people”

In desperate times, the Italian prime minister begged to God, “rescue your people”.