Health
Coronavirus: Small Italian villages see virus as existential threat – The Irish Times
Some were already destined to become ghost towns but Covid risks accelerating their demise
When the mayor of Roccafiorita received a phone call in October informing him that an employee in his office had tested positive for Covid-19, his heart sank.
Set among the forests at the foot of Mount Kalfa, Roccafiorita is the smallest village in southern Italy. The average age of its 187 inhabitants is over 60. If Covid were to spread among the population, the village could disappear.
When the phone rang, it was like lightning on a sunny day, said Concetto Orlando, the mayor. With this second…
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