‘Sobering experience’: Gingrich describes being under lockdown in Italy during coronavirus pandemic

By Zach Halaschak

Published March 26, 2020 6:26pm ET

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‘Sobering experience’: Gingrich describes being under lockdown in Italy during coronavirus pandemic — Newt Gingrich and US ambassador at the Holy See Callista Gingrich pose in front the St. Peter's Basilica during a reception for the Cardinal Newman Canonization at Pontifical Urban College, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, the 19th-century Anglican convert who became an immensely influential, unifying figure in both the Anglican and Catholic churches. | (FRANCO ORIGLIA/AP)

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Calista have been stuck in Italy’s quarantine as the country grapples with a massive health crisis.

Gingrich said that Calista, who is the U. S. ambassador to the Vatican, has been working remotely as the couple handles the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. He told Fox 5 on Wednesday that the nationwide lockdown has been “a very sobering experience.”

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