What’s life like in your region of the world right now?
My location: Sonoma County, CA USA Few cases and people are mostly complying with the rules. It seems like this week really made a difference in how seriously rules were being followed by many. Sonoma County is a wine region and all have closed. Sadly our community took a large hit the last two years with terrible fires, a flood and now the pandemic. However, it is a strong community. Long lines at grocery stores, few cars on the street. We've had non-stop rain and dreary weather. Wondering how people will do with staying indoors once the sun is out. So many state and regional parks here
My location: Sonoma County, CA USA Few cases and people are mostly complying with the rules. It seems like this week really made a difference in how seriously rules were being followed by many. Sonoma County is a wine region and all have closed. Sadly our community took a large hit the last two years with terrible fires, a flood and now the pandemic. However, it is a strong community. Long lines at grocery stores, few cars on the street. We've had non-stop rain and dreary weather. Wondering how people will do with staying indoors once the sun is out. So many state and regional parks here
Location: Vermont, USA
Vermont has 12 confirmed cases, doubling our total just over the last 24 hours. While our numbers are small in comparison, we're definitely not messing around. All bars and most small businesses are shut, schools and universities are cancelled, and public gathering is currently capped at 50. While we still have toilet paper in the Burlington area, I haven't been able to find a piece of fresh ginger root anywhere (VT priorities).
With the world feeling kind of rough and way-too-much right now, I've been beyond blown away by by the compassion and humanity
Location: Bavaria, Germany Bavaria is about to START introducing restrictions to movement and closures of schools and some businesses as of this coming week and people are already freaking out about what that means. As an Italian on an extended stay in Germany, and having seen and understood the disastrous consequences of a slow reaction, I can't actually believe people are so reluctant to self-isolate. Those around me can’t fathom the idea of a whole country on lockdown yet Italy (and China before that) have proven that it is indeed possible and probably the best course of action. Everythi
Location: Istanbul, Turkey There are 6 cases in Turkey so far. The government is doing a good job and keeping control of the situation. They are also keeping people from panicking as much as they can but people seem afraid. The cleaning efforts in the city have been greatly increased, and starting Monday, March 16, students will not be able to go to school in order to avoid the assembly of crowds. Even though the number of cases is low, and even before the first case was discovered, people started emptying out malls. Having a 3-year old and a 6-month old, we go to the play area in malls
I've been living in Bali for the last month. Surprisingly, everyone is still staying very calm despite the fact that the island has seen a lot of tourism from affected areas (and is a major international travel hub in general). No quarantines so far, but I have a feeling there are far more cases than they're telling us / or more than they're currently aware of. Decided to stay put to wait it out so I'm hoping for the best