Listen Live
Donate
 on air
Schedule

KCRW

Read & Explore

  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Food
  • Culture
  • Events

Listen

  • Live Radio
  • Music
  • Podcasts
  • Full Schedule

Information

  • About
  • Careers
  • Help / FAQ
  • Newsletters
  • Contact

Support

  • Become a Member
  • Become a VIP
  • Ways to Give
  • Shop
  • Member Perks

Become a Member

Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

DonateGive Monthly

Copyright 2025 KCRW. All rights reserved.

Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
Cookie Policy
|FCC Public Files

Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Coronavirus: Italy turns to mass quarantine. Could we see this in US?

Today, Italy expanded this weekend’s lockdown across the entire country. Sixty million people are now included in the quarantine.

  • rss
  • Share
By Madeleine Brand • Mar 9, 2020 • 1 min read

Today, Italy expanded this weekend’s lockdown across the entire country. Sixty million people are now included in the quarantine.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke to Fox News on Sunday about Italy’s coronavirus response, “I don't think it would be as draconian as ‘nobody in and nobody out.’ But there will be, if we continue to get cases like this, particularly at the community level, there will be what we call mitigation, where you'll have to do essentially social distancing, keep people out of crowded places, take a look at seriousness, do you really need to travel? Those kinds of things.”

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

  • KCRW placeholder

    Sarah Sweeney

    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

  • KCRW placeholder

    Michell Eloy

    Line Editor, Press Play

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Amy Ta

    Digital News & Culture Editor

  • KCRW placeholder

    Rachel Donadio

    Paris-based journalist, contributing writer for The Atlantic

    NewsCoronavirusHealth & WellnessInternational
Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand