Part 1: Coronavirus in rural Tuscany

Tiziana and Giorgio live in the rural area between Siena and Grosseto, Tuscany, not only far away from the epicentre of the Italian epidemic, but even distant from villages and towns. Yet their immediate families live in the provinces of Bergamo, dramatically hit by the COVID-19. Affected by the severe restriction set by the government, and in close communication with the land of their origins, they try to make sense of an event that suddenly and quickly became history of their country.
They answered about how easily one can get infected, how the restrictions were received and accepted by the population, and what they hope for the future.
The interview ends on a hopeful note, witnessing how all around them nature is responding to this unusual and unexpected situation.

Part 2: To catch the unexpected as a chance. Covid-19 in Bottanuco

Lombardia is the Italian region most affected by the Coronavirus. A month ago (21 February 2020) a 38 years older was taken to the first aid at the hospital of Codogno for a sever case of pneumonia. It was Italy first official case of COVID-19. Since then the casualties only in the region of Lombardia are 3095 on a population of 10 millions.

Yet even in Lombardia the situation varies from town to town. In certain villages coffins are so many that there is no room to stock them, and need to be transported away by army trucks. People are left to mourn their departed without the possibility of a funeral, and are left with the sound of the ambulances as only requiem.

At the same time other towns have been almost spared by the epidemic. This is the case for Barbara’s town: Bottanuco. Barbara shares with us her process to generate a new daily life and the careful attention for the unexpected surprises revealed by unexpected situation. Her words offer an inspiring suggestions of how to catch the unforeseeable as a chance.