The message in Italy is that self-isolation may soon get easier.
It is estimated more than 2.5 billion people are now living under some form of stay at home order - but the measures differ from country to country.
Italy has been hit hardest by coronavirus - there's been more than 8,000 cases there and more than 8000 people have died.
New Zealander Emily Hutching-Gough moved to Rome in January to au pair for an Italian family.
She's been living in lock down for two weeks now and says the rules keep changing.
Emily knows of people who have received 80 Euro fines for flouting the rules - and says in the first week of lockdown 4000 fines were issued.
She is walking back and forth the allowed 200m distance to get her steps in but says others don't want to risk going outside.
The father she works for is instead utilising their 5m long balcony.
Emily says one upside has been the sense of community that has formed.
Spain is also struggling with the spread of coronavirus. More than 56,000 people have tested positive for the virus - and on Wednesday the death toll there overtook China.
Chelsea Smith's from Auckland but has been living in the Spanish town of Reus for three years.
She says the lockdown is much stricter than New Zealand.
There are only a few reasons you can leave the house and only one person is allowed in a car at a time.
Chelsea says she's been impressed with the way New Zealand has reacted to the pandemic.
Both Emily Hutching-Gough and Chelsea Smith chose to remain where they are, rather than try and rush home - aware they might end up in lockdown wherever they are in the world.
And we will keep in touch with both of them over the coming weeks.
