Wendick on the hospital visit in Italy: "Then covid-19 became real for me"

During the pandemic's first wave in Europe, in March 2020, the eyes of the whole world were on Lombardy in northern Italy.

There, people died at such a rate that they did not have time to be buried.  

SVT's EU reporter Christopher Wendick went there.

Spooky empty streets met him in Milan.

When the reporter visited a hospital, he was shocked.

- I saw in real time how the virus killed people. 

The reporter believes that situations and feelings he experienced were reminiscent of war.

Scenes from the hospital have etched themselves.  

- Covid-19 became real to me every now and then. 

Hear Christopher Wendick talk about when he was at the center of the pandemic in the video.