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An American student living in Italy describes what it was like to watch the country shut down as the coronavirus panic spread
An American student living in Italy describes what it was like to watch the country shut down as the coronavirus panic spread
Mar 17, 2020, 00:22 IST
At first, as friends were getting sent home, she decided to stay.
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Coronavirus first started to make a minimal appearance in January — and then things progressed quickly.
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She's not sure if she'll have to go into quarantine upon returning to the US — and she said several of her friends weren't tested when they returned from Italy. But many are choosing to self-quarantine.
"This whole ordeal has been really tiring for me. So I'm just like, I'm done. I want to go home."