is a series of dispatches exploring how the coronavirus is affecting people’s lives.
When my mother tells me she called the ambulance, I can only think that I cannot go to my parents’ house and see my father get in it. My sister takes the car and runs over there. I am positive for COVID, and leaving the house would mean risking a fine. But I want to see Dad. See how he is, how he walks, if he walks, how many kilos he has lost, how he lies down on that stretcher. I want to see if everything I’ve written in the past year is happening to us too.
In Italy, we are at the beginning of the third wave dominated by the U.K. variant. Intensive cares are filling up again. The schools are closed. We are in lockdown. A year later, it seems to be back to square one. Spring is coming, and we are watching it from our windows and our gardens. Ambulance sirens can be heard on the phone with friends. “Here they are,” we say after a pause of silence. Just like a year ago.I have severe pain in my legs and back, but no fever and no cough.
Is there a way to submit to the Coronavirus diaries?
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