Life inside a coronavirus 'red zone' in Italy

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In one Italian village under coronavirus quarantine residents head daily to a bench where those on the outside drop off money, groceries, cigarettes or documents needed.

CASTIGLIONE D'ADDA, ITALY -- In one Italian village under coronavirus quarantine, an unassuming bus stop bench has become a lifeline.

The new hubs are centred around the 35 checkpoints dotting the Lombardy plain, surrounding ten towns and villages, containing several tens of thousands of people and guarded by about 400 soldiers and police.One man, Salvatore, dressed in cycling gear, waits by the Castiglione d'Adda bus stop bench while joking with soldiers guarding the periphery of the quarantined area.

A vet collects medicine for his cattle. An accountant drops off his bills and taxes to be paid in Lodi, 20 kilometres away.Because after the adrenalin created by the exceptional situation has subsided, there's nothing much to do.

 

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Why are flights still coming in from hotspots? No active screening airports, checking where people have traveled? How does allowing possibly infected people into Canada = containment?

Just wait CTV News, you will have your own country to follow up on! In the mean time how about investigating to see if our Liberal Gov't has a plan in place for when the virus takes over here?

Are those the Kung flu fighters

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