Italy recently Fortnite at home.
As reported by battle royale games and other online multiplayers like Fortnite.
Luigi Gubitosi, Telecom Italia CEO, told analysts in call this week: "We reported an increase of more than 70% of Internet traffic over our landline network, with a big contribution from online gaming such as Fortnite."
As highlighted by the site, games such as these typically have a bigger demand on bandwidth than the business-related tools, conference apps, and programs adults will be using while working from home.
The World Health Organisation has this week announced the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterised as a pandemic." The BBC reports the virus has now resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 people in Italy, though the country's foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has said the measures the country has put in place in the first area of the outbreak are proving to be effective.
The WHO has information and guidance on the COVID-19 virus on its website, which you can find here, as well as advice for the public on how to protect yourself against it.