An American woman in Italy has advice for life under countrywide quarantine: Follow the rules
Friday, March 20, 2020
Published March 20, 2020 by CNN
In northern Italy, life is very difficult right now. In a country where there have been more than 17,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, staying at home but for a solo trip to the store is the way of life.
American Cristina Higgins lives with her family in Bergamo, near Milan, and on Friday she told CNN's Erin Burnett that existing in a country with a mandatory lockdown is like "living with dread."
Only supermarkets and pharmacies windows are open. Only one person from each household can go on a shopping run. Police write tickets for people who are out wandering. Lines form outside the markets sometime because only so many people are allowed to shop at one time, and they must remain 1 meter (about 3 feet) apart.
All day long they hear bad news from friends, she said, holding back tears.
Higgins, in a bit of advice for residents of any community that institutes similar measures, says people need to comply and they'll get through the hard times faster.
"I would encourage every family to try to think of it is a reason why you should do this," she told CNN. "I encourage everybody ... to comply. And we can all get through this together."
Higgins said her children, who are home from school for a month, are doing OK. She and her husband are struggling,
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