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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by toyg on Monday March 09, 2020 @08:08PM (#22531366)
> May, difficult

I have an interest in this (I booked a business trip to Italy end of May / beginning of June), but my gut feeling is that the country will not stand for two months of complete lockdown. Two weeks, sure; a month, probably; two months is a very long time to keep so many things on hold. Italy is not China.

I expect some measures will stay in place (particularly about large gatherings), but not all.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by cull on Monday March 09, 2020 @09:42PM (#22531968)
I have been thinking about this for a week while monitoring travel alerts. I have two business trips scheduled—-one in May and the other in June. My employer just canceled my May trip today and I feel that the same is going to happen for June. While I can always reschedule, I fear that my colleagues and friends in Italy, whose families depend on visitors during the months of May and June, will not recover from this.
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