Smart move: coronavirus converts home working laggard Italy


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  • Friday, 13 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: A worker cleans and sanitises streets near the Milan's central station, on the fourth day of an unprecedented lockdown across of all Italy imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Milan, Italy, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo/File Photo

MILAN (Reuters) - Donato Velardi's hotline has been ringing almost non-stop since Rome imposed draconian measures to combat its coronavirus crisis, forcing millions of Italians to embrace smartwork.

Italy's small businesses, which form the backbone of its economy, have been slow to switch to distance working. But the coronavirus has changed their approach almost overnight.

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