The case for a coordinated COVID-19 response: No country is an island

The column 'The case for a coordinated COVID-19 response: No country is an island', authored by researchers from the Bank of Italy, was published on VoxEU.org on 18 March 2020.

The column highlights the importance of international coordination in the policy response to Covid-19, first and foremost at EU level. Any disagreements between countries as to the measures to be adopted to contain the spread of the virus and mitigate the economic costs, as well as any uncertainty about the way out of the crisis, risk worsening the negative impact of Covid-19 from both a healthcare and an economic standpoint.