A British teacher has called life in a locked-down Italian city “relatively normal” despite emergency measures being extended to the whole country in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.
Jamie McCully, who lives in Bergamo, Lombardy, said signs in supermarkets advise shoppers to keep at least one metre distance between one another, while public transport remains deserted.
The number of infected people in Italy has climbed to nearly 10,000 – making it the most affected country after China, with the Lombardy region hardest hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.
The 25-year-old from Glasgow, who moved to Italy four years ago, described empty streets in the city, which is to the north-east of Milan, and “really quiet” tourist hotspots.
He said alarm started in the area three weeks ago, when it was announced that schools in Lombardy were to be closed as a precaution.
“That’s when we all started to panic,” he told the PA news agency.
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