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February 25, 2020 "It was a nightmare." Dark faces, discontent and anger for the 40 Italian tourists who arrived in Fiumicino with an Alitalia flight from Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. "It is not fair. We have suffered an out-of-the-ordinary harassment, an absurd unease. We do not understand why only we, Lombards and Venetians, did not go down to Mauritius. Why only us, and the others? They were with us on the flight, so they are they too are infected by Coronavirus, "some boys tell AGI. The group, made up of people from Lombardy and Veneto, was part of the 212 passengers who arrived yesterday morning in the capital of the archipelago. Precisely by the will of the local authorities, the 40 Venetian and Lombard citizens, who did not show any flu symptoms or other ailments, were given the choice between landing to undergo a quarantine period in two hospitals in the capital Port Louis or returning immediately in Italy. Everyone chose to return and Alitalia immediately activated. Once in Fiumicino there is little desire to speak and anger rises among those who, after months of sacrifices, had set aside the money for a family holiday. "We will ask for compensation. We left Malpensa and no one checked us, even here in Rome we were checked. In Mauritius they could have let us all go down, we breathed the same air, so we are all infected or all healthy. We Italians have been treated as a refugee, you suck ", explains to the Agi Tamara, mother of two teenagers, who will sleep at Fiumicino tonight and leave for Milan tomorrow morning. And there are also those who attack Alitalia directly. "They didn't even give us water on the plane. No assistance, it sucks. Alitalia with me, with my family, has closed", says Ilde, from Turin, who "just wants to leave everything behind". Opinions are divided on the Coronavirus. Many are afraid to return to their cities, but there are also those who are happy to embrace their loved ones.