GABRIELE MICALIZZI
Stamina

Doctors diagnosed the first case of Covid-19 in Italy on Feb 21 of this year, and the country quickly became the ‘epicenter’ of the pandemic, with almost 1000 people dying everyday in March. By October, there had been more than 35.000 deaths.
In March the Italian government imposed a national lockdown, limiting movements, prohibiting social life and keeping to the minimum the contacts in the hospitals, making the health caregivers the only human contact patients had. Thousands of Italians were completely alone, in their house and in their deathbed.
While all these restrictions were implemented, Luigi Cavanna, the head of the Oncology department of Piacenza Hospital, who made the decision to treat covid-19's disease during the initial phase, in the same way as the patient's cancer would be treated. He took care of more than 365 patients and only a small percentage had to be hospitalized.
Dr Cavanna is testimonial of the Italian Health Corps in the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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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