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Forum: Italy

Mar 24th 2020, 1:10 am

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Thank you both. He was of note in his field, and my wife and mother-in-law found out unexpectedly yesterday - he lives on in hours of YouTube footage of him at work that had been posted by many...

Forum: Italy

Mar 24th 2020, 1:06 am

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Views: 17,687

Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

My wife found and showed me this video yesterday, of Italian mayors yelling at citizens:
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Forum: Italy

Mar 23rd 2020, 1:11 am

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

My wife's uncle, who lived in the north, died yesterday. It was not unexpected - he had a stroke two years ago and was in a comatose state ever since, and so had been at a specialist facility. But...

Forum: Italy

Mar 14th 2020, 1:54 pm

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

My wife also just said "donated" and not "sold." Can't remember where I saw "sold" or if I just imagined that.

Forum: Italy

Mar 14th 2020, 1:37 pm

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Views: 17,687

Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Did you read anything about China also sending 10 or 12 virus experts, who I think are now already in Milan?

Forum: Italy

Mar 13th 2020, 11:43 pm

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Xi apparently showed up in Wuhan last week, and if my Italian is good enough, I think I read in the online papers that China has sold 2 million facemasks and something like 10,000 ventilators to...

Forum: Italy

Mar 13th 2020, 11:37 pm

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

The infection rates in the UK and Ireland are substantially lower than in Continental Europe (combined UK + Ireland have about the same number of cases as Denmark), and the CTA not being part of...

Forum: Italy

Mar 8th 2020, 9:23 am

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Right, they've said lockdown means lockdown, not sure how it's being implemented but the expectation is no roads in or out including autostrade.

Forum: Italy

Mar 8th 2020, 8:01 am

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

I imagine autostrade would be closed entering/exiting lockdown zones. What good is a lockdown zone if you let the autostrade through it, or you staff the Autogrill. I think you should look for...

Forum: Italy

Mar 8th 2020, 7:54 am

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Views: 17,687

Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

We were told lockdown means lockdown except in truly exceptional circumstances. Not voluntary or under advisement or recommended or anything like that. Apparently word leaked in Lombardy last night...

Forum: Italy

Mar 7th 2020, 11:37 pm

Replies: 171

Anybody in a lockdown zone?

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Posted By carcajou

Re: Anybody in a lockdown zone?

Yes, as of this morning numerous friends and relatives are in the Northern Italy lockdown zone, including some of my father-in-law's staff who live in southern Piedmont and drive into Liguria each...

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