Despite being stuck in their homes, residents in Italy's capital had not lost their spirits as they took to their windows and balconies to applaud medical staff fighting the coronavirus on Saturday.
At noon, residents 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.
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