Published 15:47 IST, March 14th 2020

Coronavirus: Italian man wears huge cardboard disc to enforce social distancing

An Italian man has been spotted while wearing a giant cardboard circle located around his waist and is intended to keep people away for fear of coronavirus

Reported by: Shubham Bose
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A man in Italy was spotted wearing a giant cardboard circle amid coronavirus scare. cardboard circle was located around man's waist. According to reports, man was wearing cardboard circle in order to maintain distance from or people during dely coronavirus epidemic.

Enforcing social distance

As per reports, video of man walking was shot in Testaccio market in Rome and man seems to be taking Italy's strict new rules very seriously. In video, man can also be seen holding a tool that is used for picking up litter. man must be using it to browse items and pick up items as he walks through market.

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Since being first detected in Chinese province of Wuhan in late December, COVID-19 has w spre to over 140 countries. Being one of major coronavirus-hit countries outside China, Italy has reported over 17,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,200 deaths with thousands in quarantine.

Italians in lockdown sing 'hug me'

As dely coronavirus continues to spre across world leing to thousands being quarantined and major cities declaring lockdown, a video is making rounds on internet showing Italians singing a song in synergy from ir balconies. In a sourn city in Italy, people confined to ir homes in a housing block in Naples sang chorus of song "Abbracciame" which means "hug me" in a bid to lift spirits of ors and feel “less lonely”. Immediately after video was posted by an internet user on March 13, it t only went viral but has also been posted across social media platforms with netizens applauding “such solidarity” and “high spirits”. 

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15:47 IST, March 14th 2020