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Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘We are now experiencing the aftershock’: As Italy’s death toll exceeds 10,000, Italians wait for the coronavirus surge to finally peak

March 30, 2020 The Market Comments Off on Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘We are now experiencing the aftershock’: As Italy’s death toll exceeds 10,000, Italians wait for the coronavirus surge to finally peak

Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images A mural dedicated to all Italian medical workers depicting a nurse cradling Italy and reading ‘To All Of You… Thank You!’, on a wall of Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy. Bergamo is the epicenter of Italy’s hardest-hit region, Lombardy. The Italian government continues to enforce …

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‘They’ve likened it to a war where the casualties just keep on coming’: Italians find solidarity, resilience and music during the coronavirus lockdown

March 17, 2020 The Market Comments Off on ‘They’ve likened it to a war where the casualties just keep on coming’: Italians find solidarity, resilience and music during the coronavirus lockdown

COMO, Italy — It’s Sunday morning in Como. It’s usually so busy on Sundays that I think twice about going downtown, but today the streets are deserted. All the bars, cafés and shops have signs on their doors saying, “Closed until further notice.” Even the cathedral in the main square …

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‘There’s a message of hope in our balcony songs: If we pull through, you will too.’ Italians unite during coronavirus lockdown

March 14, 2020 The Market Comments Off on ‘There’s a message of hope in our balcony songs: If we pull through, you will too.’ Italians unite during coronavirus lockdown

COMO, Italy — I was midway through my daily commute from Como to Milan when news broke of the first case in Italy of the novel coronavirus. The second semester of the university year was set to kick off. This early, portentous sign of an outbreak was happening in the …

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