Well, in France they're sort of at a 'take it as it comes' state and they won't do much until they get a handful of cases. I stocked up since January, since I preferred to have some supplies without taking part in all the buying madness
Sure, officially all the big events are canceled, but in the countryside, they don't care that much.
The town near me had two cases from a group that traveled to the Oise department. Two of the rugby team fell ill, and demanded to be tested. The regional center did the same 'nah, it can't be' thing that they did back in January (just how many cases might have slipped like that, I don't want to know), so they drove themselves to Nantes as well (that "I have coronavirus" paper on the car window thing is actually not a meme in France :lol: ). So, they got told to stay at home. None of the others in the group got tested and the school hasn't been closed. They're teenagers, I assume their parents still go to work :rofl:. Got reported as cases in the news, but without name and place to 'protect privacy'
So, yes, we will see a lot more cases. Italy now has something like 3000 patients in ICU, mostly elderly. In here, it's gonna be a question of if they start containment or they'll just let the cities get swamped. For some reason, I think the countryside will be better off simply because of population density and because people might actually start isolating when they see stuff hitting the fan in Italy and the big French cities .