{"id":103899,"date":"2020-03-18T07:44:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/swans-dolphins-return-to-italy-as-air-water-quality-improves-during-lockdown"},"modified":"2020-03-18T07:44:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:44:37","slug":"swans-dolphins-return-to-italy-as-air-water-quality-improves-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/swans-dolphins-return-to-italy-as-air-water-quality-improves-during-lockdown","title":{"rendered":"Swans &amp; Dolphins Return To Italy, As Air, Water Quality Improves During Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARpxtAKsORw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The increasing number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storypick.com\/italians-singing-from-their-balconies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus cases in Italy<\/a> has brought the entire country to a standstill. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/opsdashboard\/index.html#\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"\">Live Tracking Dashboard<\/a>, there are 27,980 confirmed cases as of now and 2,158 people have succumbed to the infection. However, a total of 2,749 people have also recovered from the illness.<\/p>\n<p>Since people are socially distancing themselves to avoid the virus from spreading, a lot of them are also losing business with every passing minute. There\u2019s panic and tension all around. However, there is a piece of good news that\u2019s become the silver lining at this time of misery.<\/p>\n<p>Venice, one of Italy\u2019s biggest tourist attractions, sees a lot of visitors throughout the year. However, ever since the country was put under lockdown, the streets are deserted and there is very less boat traffic on the city\u2019s canals where people often enjoy the gondola rides. But surprisingly, the lockdown has helped in clearing the city\u2019s canals. As reported By <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/venice-canals-clear-water-scli-intl\/index.html?utm_source=twCNNi&utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-03-16T18%3A56%3A03&utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"\">CNN<\/a>, the locals have noticed a huge difference in the clarity of the water. The air quality has improved in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The increasing number of coronavirus cases in Italy has brought the entire country to a standstill. According to the Live Tracking Dashboard, there are 27,980 confirmed cases as of now and 2,158 people have succumbed to the infection. However, a total of 2,749 people have also recovered from the illness. Since people are socially distancing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}