'Italy has abandoned us': Brother trapped with sister's body in coronavirus shutdown

NAPLES, Italy - The brother of a woman who died at home after contracting coronavirus had to issue a desperate appeal on social media to persuade Italian authorities to come and collect her body.

Teresa Franzese, 47, lived with her family in the southern city of Naples and started to show the symptoms of coronavirus last week. Her health deteriorated rapidly and she died on Saturday before the results of a test for the disease was known.“My sister is dead, in bed. I don’t know what to do. I can’t give her the funeral she deserves because the institutions have abandoned me,” her brother Luca Franzese said in a video posted on Facebook.

Finally, after waiting 36 hours, undertakers wearing protective clothing arrived and took the body directly to a local cemetery where she was interred without ceremony.Italy has shut down almost all its shops except food stores and pharmacies in Europe’s toughest lockdown as virus deaths in the country rose to 827 with more than 12,000 cases of the illness confirmed.

Results finally showed that Teresa Franzese had been suffering from coronavirus. Subsequent tests showed that two other family members had the illness, though not Luca Franzese, said Le Iene tv show, which interviewed him.

Very sad..

asmashirazi O my God 😥

This is heart breaking.Our prayer goes to Italy.

I can’t believe this is 2020

OMG this is brutal

Moluskein la seriedad de este asunto.

Rest In Peace

Man, just eat her. Free meat.

This too bad for country like Italy wow where are we heading to in the world hope to see more years on earth

asmashirazi Callous authorities

I'm sorry to heard what happened with this gentleman's family, but the question for the comment do you have any better any to prevent spread when the medical system has over capacity? Do you agree to sacrifice one person to save two?

Evergreen2k Coronavirus made by the Chinese Communist Party, CCP they are the devil.

So, I’m guessing she couldn’t be taken to a hospital. That must be why she died at home.

Is this for real? She doesn’t look 3 weeks dead.

Thank u china

Italy we know is about history and brand name but money doesn’t go into the system its go to mafia

This is terribly sad.

I hate that their system of lockdown means they need permission to go out anywhere even to a hospital or they wont be allowed

Forza Luca !!! ✊🏽

That’s simply not human..

Jesus Christ! 😢

So touching and painful indeed....

Sending My Prayers!!! 📿🙏🏽📿

Have a bit of class... posting the dead body, you and that fella are a disgrace

How many days in a row are you going to repeat this? Sad. But every day, really!

Soon to be a reality for so many Americans. Most Americans.

How do people honestly believe that the seriousness of this virus is an overblown hoax. Apparently Einstein was right. Human stupidity has no limits

That’s horrible... It feels like we’re all stuck in a bad movie.

OMG

Italy has socialism medicine that is one of the worst in the world. Hopefully, those folks hold their government countable for not being prepared and having the basics. It's a disgrace the Reuters didn't make that clear, Reuters has created created FEAR for Americans.

So sad

Can't belive what my eyes have just seen and my ears heard

This is very old news. Maybe your socialmedia people need to follow Twitter better.

That’s horrible

This is horrific. 😭

So sad

Omg. I am so sorry. Horrifying.

People need to remember Italy isn't an anomaly. This will happen in the US except much worse because the Healthcare there is very average and expensive. 77 people tested for the virus this week. What a failure.

that is awful

twocrackjack breh

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