no one can leave for the mainland and no
one can come in approximately one half
of the island population is infected the
infection where the Capuchin is one of
the highest in Europe what's it like to
be on the corona Island
this is Sarah MA and island off the
coast of Estonia and about 33,000 people
lived there what happened a month ago a
team from Milan flew to play volleyball
on the island and now it's the country's
coronavirus hotspot we can't get there
so some of the Islanders filmed on their
mobiles what it's like coping they're
now 19 infection situation in Saaremaa
and Cora Sarah is quite serious we might
have 1,000 hospitalizations by April
20th so we need help in our Hospital we
have 147 beds this is not enough for
1,000 patients with the high number of
cases some patients are now being flown
to the mainland for treatment elsewhere
on the island people are adapting
quickly hundreds of companies are
finding ways to survive online sue zijn
Rhine home used to work in an office for
a cooperative selling the islands
produce now she's delivering daughter
door the pile of things you see behind
today so we are now in the neighborhoods
here in Cora sera sera mass capital as
we can say and waiting for our client to
come downstairs and then I leave there
leave the groceries to her safely
without any contact with all
non-essential business shot many of
Susan's friends lost work after the
outbreak but quickly found it elsewhere
and people adapt to change for example
my hairdresser is now the one
labeling the packages in a local meat
factory and nobody's sitting at home and
thinking that okay let's see what
tomorrow brings people are taking
actions
anavar s is part of the islands crisis
center they're considering the next
steps in a video conference an who tells
us they've been through isolation like
this before for the very first time
since Soviet occupation people need
permits to enter but this time it is
because of our free will to protect our
people and their health it is difficult
to tell how the coronavirus first came
to the island there were two volleyball
matches with Italian team that brought
together more than a thousand local
people as well as visitors from the
mainland Estonia local officials also
say a second big social gathering this
champagne festival may have further
quickened the spread another Islander
Tom over key films for us how his
hometown has changed on the background
is their main square grocery she's
usually buzzing around midday like now
today there of course nobody people are
at their homes
working online I'm a bit worried about
the longer-term implications of course
and what I've seen so far how other
people are getting together do and work
for the future of the island
I'm really really positively surprised
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