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Italian Doctor Provides Update On Coronavirus In Hard Hit Country

A member of the Italian Army, wearing protective overall and mask, sprays sanitizer outside of the Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore church on May 13, 2020 in Rome during the country's lockdown. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of the Italian Army, wearing protective overall and mask, sprays sanitizer outside of the Santuario della Madonna del Divino Amore church on May 13, 2020 in Rome during the country's lockdown. (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images)

In March, before any state had asked residents to shelter in place, two Italian doctors told us to shut everything down — including schools, sporting events, movie theaters.

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley checks back in with one of them, Stefano Fagiuoli, the head of medicine at a hospital in northern Italy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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