Life Under Lockdown as Coronavirus Grips Italy: Q&A
A commuter wearing a protective face mask waits on the platform for a subway train in Milan on March 12.
Photographer: Alberto Bernasconi/BloombergThe coronavirus health scare has imposed sudden and drastic changes to how we live day to day, first in Asia and now increasingly in Europe, the U.S. and other regions. What’s it been like in Italy these last several weeks?
I had the chance on March 20 to ask Bocconi University Professor Carlo Altomonte questions in a live Q&A blog about how he has experienced living, working, shopping and socializing. He is associate professor of economics of European integration at Bocconi and director of the globalization and industry dynamics unit within the Baffi Carefin research center. Altomonte is from the south of Italy and he lives in Milan with his wife.