Two isolated institutes of nuns, one in Rome and one in the Roman castles, in Grottaferrata, for a total of 59 positive cases. The first Institute is that of the Daughters of San Camillo in via Anagnina in Grottaferrata where 40 nuns were positive and one of them is hospitalized. The institute of the congregation of the angelic sisters of San Paolo on Via Casilina in Rome is also isolated, where there are 19 cases of positivity recorded out of 21 total.
"We are also wondering what to do, we are also trying to understand the situation, we are receiving many calls and the superior is very busy handling the emergency and cannot speak. But we are fine, we hope to give communications when the situation will be clearer. " This is how one of the Camillian nuns responds to the switchboard of one of the two institutes of isolated nuns this morning, the Institute of the Daughters of San Camillo in via Anagnina in Grottaferrata where 40 nuns have tested positive and one of them is hospitalized. In all, there would be about fifty nuns in the structure for which the superior is responsible. The Camillian nuns work with the sick, but only they live in the Grottaferrata facility.
The other institute of nuns involved, the institute of the congregation of the angelic nuns of San Paolo on via Casilina in Rome, has 19 cases of positivity recorded out of 21 in total. The Institute hosts a kindergarten, elementary, middle and even a high school class. According to what has been learned, the cases of positivity would have occurred when the lessons were already suspended. Also today the UISG, the International Union of Superiors General, relaunches the appeal for 22 March to the "Day of Solidarity and Prayer" with this message: "This is the moment when each of us is called to respond the world Coronavirus crisis in solidarity with others, especially with the most vulnerable and most at risk people. It is time to follow the directives provided by the World Health Organization and our respective governments ". The Sisters of San Filippo Neri in the Battistini area instead report to ANSA the practice that they have been adopting since the Coronavirus rules came into force: the priest no longer goes to the morning to the mass that previously took place also in the presence of faithful visitors ; long ago she consecrated hosts, the nuns follow the Pope's mass in the morning at 7 am on Tv2000 and take communion. Afternoon activities to assist students with homework that were 25 continue by telephone. On the other hand, all recreational activities with children and civil service volunteers were stopped. The community is made up of 12 nuns.