GABRIELE MICALIZZI
Purgatory

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 170 Italian doctors have died from the disease - largely due to a lack of knowledge around the virus and a lack of resources, such as personal protective equipment.
According to Professor of Sociology of Health Ivan Cavicchi, general practitioners and other primary care providers have been “abandoned” and “left without protections”.
With time, the working conditions of doctors and care providers have improved, as has their access to PPI. By September 2020, in anticipation of a second wave, a conversation was taking place on a national level to decide how to better organize hospitals and clinics.
In the meantime, to maintain control over the spreading of the infection between people and especially between hospital personnel, one of the most important tools is swab testing, although it's a procedure that can feel intrusive and be quite painful.

Author
Gabriele Micalizzi is an Italian photojournalist. He collaborates with national and international newspapers such as: New York Times, Corriere della Sera, Espresso, International, Wall Street Journal. His works focus on the social condition of people and the relationship they have with the territory in where they live.

He is one of the founders of the Italian collective Cesura, with the photographer Alex Majoli. In 2011 he began to reporting all the events related to the "Arab Spring". Since 2016 he is testimonial of Leica and is the first winner of the European photographic talent, Master of Photography.

In November 2016 he presented his work on the Libyan situation: DOGMA. In 2019, during the Kurdish offensive in the Baghuz area against the last bastion of Isis, he was wounded by an RPG rocket. In Libya he cover the arrival of Turkish troops sent to help President Al Sarraj resist General Haftar's attack.In 2020 it followed the pandemic in the most affected areas of Italy.

Website
https://www.gabrielemicalizzi.com/

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