“All nations in Europe had reduced this emergency expansion over the course of the summer,” Bricknell said. “And now as the outbreak gets worse again, then different countries are using their armed forces again to assist with planning response and augmenting capacity, particularly in terms of testing.”Italy’s military has been involved in running field hospitals, Covid hospitals and coronavirus testing projects. In late October, its Ministry of Defense launched a drive-through testing initiative, with 200 teams aiming to process 30,000 swabs a day.