Australian radio presenter Kate Langbroek has been in lockdown in Italy for three weeks now.
And the mother-of-four, 54, spoke to Fifi, Fev & Byron on Friday about some of the strict measures put in place by the government.
‘We’re still allowed out to buy food [from the supermarket], but you’ve got to have a police form to fill out, that you have to have with you,’ she said.
‘All we can do is stay at home and kill the beast!’ Kate Langbroek (pictured on Seven’s Sunrise), 54, revealed on Friday’s Fifi, Fev & Byron radio show, that she must fill out a POLICE FORM just to buy food from the supermarket while on lockdown in Italy amid the coronavirus pandemic
‘Of course the printer’s not open so I’ve got a photo of [the police form] on my phone,’ Kate added with a laugh.
She also revealed that she and her family go ‘for days’ without leaving the apartment, with the exception of trips to the grocery store.
‘Every couple of days it feels like something happens. Something else closes, there’s something you’re not allowed to do. So we’re literally going for days and days now where we don’t leave the apartment,’ she said.
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Strict measures: ‘We’re still allowed out to buy food [from the supermarket], but you’ve got to have a police form to fill out, that you have to have with you,’ she told the radio hosts
Kate said that all her family can do is ‘stay at home and hope to kill the beast’.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ordered all shops, bars and restaurants to close on March 11 in response to the rising death toll.
Only stores selling ‘basic necessities’, such as pharmacies and supermarkets, are staying open.
Kate and her husband, Peter Allen Lewis, relocated to Italy in January 2019 with their children, Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jan, for what was supposed to be a ‘gap year’, but they have since extended their stay for another 12 months.
Despite the strict measures, Kate (pictured on Ten’s The Project) reminded the radio hosts and their listeners that all we can do is ‘stay at home and hope to kill the beast’
Abroad: Kate and her husband, Peter Allen Lewis, relocated to Italy in January 2019 with their children, Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jan, for what was supposed to be a ‘gap year’, but they have since extended their stay for another 12 months
As of Friday, Italy has more than 80,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including approximately 8,200 deaths.
More people have died from COVID-19 in Italy than in China, where the virus was first identified in December.
In Australia, there are 3,050 reported cases and 13 deaths.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness characterised by fever, coughing, a sore throat, shortness of breath and fatigue. It can cause pneumonia.
Crisis: More people have died from COVID-19 in Italy than in China, where the virus was first identified in December. As of March 27, Italy has over 80,500 confirmed cases and more than 8,200 deaths
Statistics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness accompanied by fever, coughing, sore throat, shortness of breath and fatigue. In Australia, there are cases of 3,050 confirmed cases and 13 deaths