COVID-19 and international borders: I returned from Australia to Rome, where locals can't believe our restrictions
Link Australian Maria Pasquale fled to Melbourne from Rome during the COVID-19 outbreak last year, but has now returned to Italy. Photo: Sophii Nikoletakis I'm a journalist and author who has lived in Rome for 10 years, but flew out when the Italian lockdown began in March 2020 (arriving before Australia's hotel quarantine program began). It broke my heart but I knew I'd made the right decision. Looming global uncertainty made being with family in Australia my only priority. I packed for my mercy flight in an hour and, months later, I still worried about milk I'd tho...
Source: traveller.com.au