One hospital comes up with a way family can hug Covid-19 patients

Alida (left) and Salvatore, who has Covid-19, embrace through a plastic sheet during their 50th wedding anniversary in the so-called hugging room at the Nuovo Ospedale dei Castelli. — dpa

Covid-19 patients don’t just suffer from the often severe symptoms of the infectious disease, but also from isolation.

To allow for more close contact with family and friends, one hospital is now relying on a creative solution.