Confinement in Corsica

Confinement during the coronavirus pandemic. The island, especially Ajaccio was hit like most areas in the world now. Luckily it was slow spreading as locals respected social distancing and truly made their best effort to control the virus. The island only has a couple of hospitals and so they had to transfer Covid patients to Marseille as they reached capacity.

It was a very long 8 weeks but I am so grateful for the government here working hard and quickly, to keep us all safe. Almost 30% of the island’s population is over 60 which means that the prevention of the spread of the virus has saved many lives. My husband Thomas’ grandmother pictured below is in her 80’s and is still recommended to stay out of the public. As we couldn’t visit with her, Thomas and his cousin decided to visit and deliver some essentials by the alley outside of her window. We were happy to see her and she was thrilled to see her grandchildren and her great grandson, our son Elijah.

These images were all taken during confinement while practicing safe social distancing. Every night at 8 o’clock the town would clap and shout for the health care workers. The pictures below were taken the last week of confinement, and a parade of essential workers drove around in celebration that Corsica had stabilised. The confinement had worked and hope to return to a normal life was within view!