Vo’, a community gets tested


Vo’ is a small town in Veneto, Northern Italy, in which the first European victim of COVID-19 was registered in February 2020. By testing all its inhabitants early on, it has managed to stop the contagion and has now become a living laboratory to study the Coronavirus.

Vo’ is a small town in Veneto, Northern Italy, in which the first European victim of COVID-19 was registered in February 2020. By testing all its inhabitants early on, it has managed to stop the contagion and has now become a living laboratory to study the Coronavirus.
The investigation on the entire population directed by Andrea Crisanti, full professor of Microbiology at the University of Padua, was unprecedented and has become an international model published on Nature science journal.
The story of Vo’ is one of a community coming together to save itself and help humanity make one step forward.