Exclusive – 'Things under control': how Europe sleepwalked into the coronavirus crisis
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Barely a month before Europe embarked on a scramble for masks, ventilators and testing kits to fight coronavirus, governments told Brussels their healthcare systems were ready and there was no need to order more stocks, EU documents show.