Italy has been the hardest hit European country affected by COVID-19. And while everyone is under mandatory quarantine and dealing with the fears and uncertainly of this virus, citizens did not lose sight of those on the front lines, everyone in the medical field, doing all they can do to help protect and save those suffering. So at 12pm on Saturday, March 14, people came out on their balconies, terraces, gardens or simply leaned out from open windows to clap for several minutes in a gesture of thanks for the doctors, nurses and other hospital staff and ambulance crews who have been treating and helping infected patients. In several neighborhoods of Rome people clapped hands, waved the national flag and shouted for people to stay united and strong.
