An American woman in Italy has advice for life under countrywide quarantine: Follow the rules

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/europe/italy-american-woman-life-under-quarantine/index.html

By Steve Almasy, CNN

Updated 10:19 AM ET, Sat March 14, 2020

(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.

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[rockfordfile]

1. What's with Northern Italy being a hot spot?

[frazzled]

2. I like the idea of limiting number of shoppers allowed in at once

I think we should institute that here. And yes, only one shopper per family.