FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask stands at the Prague Castle as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) - Eastern Europeans with strong memories of authoritarian Communist rule have taken a "been there, done that" attitude to the restrictions on free movement and shortages of some basic goods caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The shuttered stores, sealed borders and other measures have revived memories of life behind the old 'Iron Curtain' before the fall of Communism and advent of democracy in 1989.
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