A country completely shut down: behind the scenes of Italy's lockdown
Alessandra Bocchi is stuck in Rome, but is from Lombardy, the hardest hit region in all of Italy.
The Van Maren Show · LifeSiteNews
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Show Notes
In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Alessandra Bocchi, who is currently in Rome, joins Van Maren to discuss what is actually happening on the ground in Rome and across Italy.
Bocchi is from Lombardy, the hardest hit region of Italy, but is ‘stuck’ in Rome due to the government’s requests that people not leave their current locations in order to stop the spread of the virus. The scene she shares is quite surreal.
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The virus can survive on a surface for up to 9 days
https://news.trust.org/item/20200228215640-n07fz
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