'We're a bit shocked': Italians on life under coronavirus lockdown
by Angela Giuffrida in Orvieto and Lorenzo Tondo in P from Science | The Guardian on (#50GSC)
From Milan to Palermo in Sicily, few people are even venturing out for a coffee in the local bar
Bar Il Sant'Andrea is something of a barometer for the liveliness of Orvieto, a hilltop town of about 4,000 people in Italy's central Umbria region. On a typical morning, it would be buzzing with customers having coffee, chatting or reading the newspapers.
On Tuesday, however, as news that the whole of Italy was to be put under lockdown sunk in, only a handful of regulars called in. "Think about it this way," said the barman, Francesco Maggi. "On Sunday, five of us were working. Today, there is only one."
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