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Roland99

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5. Just found this....
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 09:16 PM
Mar 2020

American on coronavirus lockdown in Italy: 'It's surreal. It's dystopian.'
"The only way to stop this virus is to limit contagion," Cristina Higgins, who urged people to heed warnings about the virus in a widely shared Facebook post, told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/american-coronavirus-lockdown-italy-it-s-surreal-it-s-dystopian-n1155576

The government has banned travel and closed schools and other large gathering places. At the few places that remain open — primarily grocery stores and pharmacies — people must stand at least 3 feet apart to minimize the chance of COVID-19, the illness the coronavirus causes.

Higgins has food and other supplies in her apartment, but her husband makes occasional outings to the supermarket to restock. The usually bustling market only allows a set number of people in at a time so they don't violate the 3-foot rule. When her husband went earlier this week, there were "individuals walking around with face masks looking at each other very suspicious, very scared," Higgins said.

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