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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

English - March 19, 2020 09:00 - 21 minutes - ★★★★ - 2.2K ratings
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Many Americans still can’t imagine how the coronavirus pandemic will upend their lives. In northern Italy, no imagination is needed. Coffins pile up in churches and cemeteries as funeral gatherings remain banned. Hospitals are overwhelmed. And those who die from COVID-19 die alone. 
Guest: Greta Privitera, an Italian journalist on her fourth week of lockdown in Milan. 
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Many Americans still can’t imagine how the coronavirus pandemic will upend their lives. In northern Italy, no imagination is needed. Coffins pile up in churches and cemeteries as funeral gatherings remain banned. Hospitals are overwhelmed. And those who die from COVID-19 die alone. 

Guest: Greta Privitera, an Italian journalist on her fourth week of lockdown in Milan. 

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