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The historic Milan food kiosk ‘Giannasi 1967’ painted footprints on the floor, marking the minimum distance to be kept between people according to Lombardy’s provisions, amid Italy’s coronavirus outbreak lockdown, as seen on Wednesday.
“Our objective was to follow the provisions of the Lombardy province, which is facing the problem in an excellent way, in our opinion,” said the owner’s daughter Paola Giannasi.
“We are used to having great crowds and therefore we thought, to make sure everybody respects this thing, to mark with footprints the minimum distances to be maintained between each other”
“Giannasi 1967 has been in Milan for more than 50 years. We have always had the habit, also because we have a business on the street, to understand what is happening around us.”
Customers were seen waiting for their turn on the markings until they could place their order as employees and some customers wore face masks.
“For the moment the measures that have been taken may be sufficient, maybe not. We will see it over the next few days. Given the situation I imagine that places like this are only doing well by taking safety measures both for workers and customers,” said one of the customers.
Italy remains Europe’s worst-hit country by the coronavirus, with 827 deaths and over 12,000 infected. Lombardy is the worst-hit region by far, with around 7,280 cases.
On Wednesday evening, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a nationwide shutdown of commercial activities excluding food shops and pharmacies.
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