She survived the Spanish flu, Asian flu, and a bout of typhoid, making it to the grand old age of 109, but Luisa Zappitelli could never have imagined being shut in her house for a year shielding from COVID-19. She's anxious to return to her former life: going for walks, home-breeding canaries and volunteering with the local Vespa scooter club, of which she is "godmother." For now, she can all but wait for the vaccine that she hopes will allow her to devote herself once more to her passions.