EU response to the coronavirus

The World

We’re all in this together, right? Well… sort of. When Italy first turned to its European neighbors for help to fight the coronavirus, none of them responded. In fact, Germany initially banned exports of medical masks. The World’s Orla Barry explains from London. 

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