Italy's covid inquiry

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Bergamo registered 6,000 excess deaths during the first wave of the virus, and prosecutors say 4,000 could have been prevented had the province been immediately quarantined.

Meanwhile, as Covid-19 rapidly spread and regional and national authorities locked horns over whether to quarantine the Lombardy region, a WhatsApp exchange between regional health officials Aida Andreassi and Marco Salmoiraghi implies an attempt by leaders to withhold the truth about the severity of the situation.