| Perhaps something we can learn from the coronavirus pandemic is a lesson we should have been taught as youngsters: Be a good listener. On a global scale, it means taking seriously how other governments have approached the growing crisis as well as avoiding their mistakes; on a local level, it means determining the right way to push people to isolate themselves in order to ease the burden on health systems. Country by country, the struggle to contain the spread of Covid-19 remains a moving target, but no one on Earth is in it alone, and many nations were caught unprepared. Here's how a few of them have handled — or failed to handle — the crisis. What Wuhan Can Teach New York — Shuli Ren The Lessons from Italy's Covid-19 Mistakes — Ferdinando Giugliano There's No Way 267 Million People Had Zero Cases — Daniel Moss Want to Escape a Lockdown? Try Sweden — Lionel Laurent Trump Wants the Lockdown to End by Easter. Big Mistake. — Noah Smith Boris Johnson's Coronavirus Response Is a Fiasco — Ferdinando Giugliano Israeli Communities (Mostly) Unite Over Virus Response — Zev Chafets Coronavirus Feeds on Latin America's Political Gap — Mac Margolis Singapore's 10% Hit Is Pretty Standard for a Crisis — Daniel Moss This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of our top commentary published every Sunday. | 
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