Sitting 1 meter apart, staying away from family, keeping the kids out of school — extraordinary times are requiring extraordinary measures
and intensive care unit staffers having to choose whom to save from death due to a shortage of mechanical ventilators.
I called my mother’s doctor in the morning asking whether I could visit her. She suggested I avoid contact with her for a while. As a journalist, I can continue to move around freely for work. The doctor said it’s not safe for her to be around my father either. By then the physiotherapist had informed us she was suspending her work until April 3, the time the emergency lockdown is scheduled to expire. I decided to take the mask over nonetheless.
At home, my daughter was wide awake way past her nap time, playing in her flip-flops and underwear. The nursery has been closed since Thursday, and it will remain shut at least until April 6, two days before the scheduled one-week Easter break. I wonder if she thinks we’re on a holiday. I’ve been sharing frustrations, home entertainment tips and even recipes with other parents in several WhatsApp channels. Everyone is coping one way or another. Some high schools across the country are offering online classes, while other students are sent homework via WhatsApp on a daily basis.
The government has promised companies relief on salary payments, and Deputy Finance Minister Laura Castelli hasa nationwide suspension for mortgage and loan payments. But I can’t help envisaging an economic catastrophe looming ahead.
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