But the real figure is definitely much higher, probably twice the official figure. Many people died in their own homes or nursing homes without any diagnosis or medical care. Health services are overwhelmed, and only hospitalized patients can detect coronavirus pneumonia virus-19.
At present, the number of recovered people is steadily higher than the number of deaths, and the number of people receiving intensive care is decreasing every day. The peak has passed, but it has left death and pain. We don't know how many people are unemployed, and we don't know how many people will be unemployed in the coming months. I see that the days ahead are very difficult.
But my initial answer was: I am a resident of Milan. We may not be the worst in this epidemic, but we are very close. Bergamo and Brescia are "Wuhan", which is only an hour's drive from where I live, so we are all scared. Not panicked, but very scared. If the "infectious tsunami" reaches the center of Milan with more than 3 million residents, the situation will be very, very terrible.
I live in Milan with my wife and daughter. We moved here last year from Cagliari, a small town in Sardinia. The quality of life there is good, but there are few qualified job opportunities. I work as an engineer in a consulting company with 45 employees. I have worked here for three years so far. In the first two years, I commuted from Cagliari by plane every week. I once stayed in a hotel room in Milan for a week, worked long hours, and then flew back to Cagliari for the weekend.
Now that we have all moved away, my life has become much easier. I mean, before the blockade, the company headquarters was about 4 kilometers away from where I lived. I go to work by bike. Going to work in the morning and going home at night is my personal relaxation time: I exercise and calm myself down.
Don't do this again now, because we have been locked in the apartment since March 9. The whole Lombardy area is one of the earliest and most severely affected areas in Italy, and it is also the first area to declare a total blockade. In a week, the blockade will be extended to the whole country.
Now my colleagues and I both work from home. The company installed a VPN software on the computer used in our home to connect with the computer in the office, so the computer I use is just a screen and a keyboard, but all the software and processing power are on the remote computer. Only IT experts go to the office. They are responsible for all the work of the remote computer and anyone who needs to print big pictures on the plotter.
Our daughter has classes at home. She didn't need to do this, because the school was officially closed and the teachers were not asked to do their homework, but they did IT anyway, although there were some difficulties due to lack of IT means and experience. Fortunately, there are enough separate rooms in our apartment. I can work in one room and have a conference call, and she can have classes in the other room.
My wife took part in an unpaid internship to prepare for her return to work, because after we moved from my hometown to Milan to follow my work, she had to quit her previous job. Of course, now that she is quitting training, we don't know when she will recover.
This is not the worst thing that happened to you because of the blockade: the pizza shop next to our apartment building closed for renovation in June 5438+February last year, and reopened at the end of June 5438+this year 10. We usually take out pizza on Saturday night, so I bought some as soon as it opened. I talked to the man who took over the pizza shop, and he told me that he spent all his savings on decorating the site, and he also hoped to make money because of the high rent. After a month of activities, he had to close the door.
Yesterday, I went shopping. It has been a whole week since I left home last time. I printed the permit on the official template of the Ministry of Health, and filled in my detailed information on it, explaining where I was going and why. I wasn't quarantined, and then I signed it. If I don't have this permit, or I don't have a legitimate reason to be outdoors, I may be fined or even stopped by the police.