Virus lockdown tests Italians' commitment to the common good

Italians are known as notorious tax cheats and rule breakers with a long history of distrusting government institutions that have often failed them.Now, the country is at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, and slowing infections has meant asking Italians to place their individual interests at the service of the common good.Faced with a nationwide health crisis, many Italians appeared to have fallen in line, finally sensitized — and scared to death — into respecting