Throughout Italy homes for the elderly have become critical hotspots during the Covid-19 outbreak, the same happened in other countries in Europe. In Spain out of 350, 000 people housed in care homes,10,000 elderly have died, half of the total deaths due to the epidemic.

In France deaths in the residences for the elderly reached 40 percent of the total deaths, in Belgium in a few days deaths in care homes for the elderly make up the majority of the deceased. But in Lombardy - where care homes have been picked to hospitalise Covid-19 patients – it just added to the ongoing tragedy. Deliberazione N°Xi /2906 pdf .