One NGO used to hand out food to 30-40 families. As the virus spread, this rose to to about 500
stringent lockdown, Chiara Bosi spent almost three months with her husband and four children in a flat of only 45 square metres. On June 3rd the last restrictions were lifted. Italians were freed to travel abroad and between regions. But Ms Bosi and her family no longer have enough to live on.
“I had four children, expecting to lead a comfortable life. I didn’t expect to be rich,” says Ms Bosi. “But this? This is humiliating.” She has come to the entrance of their rundown apartment block to receive a food parcel from a localAmici was founded to take care of children from poor families, helping 30 to 40 families in normal times. But as the virus spread, says Riccardo Ripoli, its president, it was inundated with appeals.
At first glance, Italy is well placed. Furloughing, a novelty in a number of countries, has long been standard practice in Italy for companies in temporary difficulty. Thanks to the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, part of Giuseppe Conte’s left-leaning coalition government, many of the poorest in society can claim a “citizenship income” to top up their earnings or pensions. And the government has introduced numerous measures to deal specifically with the coronavirus crisis.
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