Many workers in Latin America labor without protections, surviving day to day, making them especially vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
China Created a Fail-Safe System to Track Contagions. It Failed.
After SARS, Chinese health officials built an infectious disease reporting system to evade political meddling. But when the coronavirus emerged, so did fears of upsetting Beijing.
Coronavirus Live Updates: As Toll Mounts, Lawmakers Look to Next Phase of Response
A 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship, the Comfort, docked in Manhattan. Warnings against travel and gatherings were extended through April. In Washington, talk turned to expanding paid sick leave.
Xinjiang Returns to Work, but Coronavirus Worries Linger in China
The Chinese region, where hundreds of thousands of Muslims are held in indoctrination camps, has been an information void. Uighurs fear a lockdown in the region drove many to hunger.
Bogotá’s Cacophony Is Hushed by Virus as Congested Streets Empty Out
In normal times, Colombia’s crowded capital reverberates with never-ending noise. But under quarantine, the city was overtaken by an extraordinary sound: silence.
For Shut-In Pilgrims, the World’s Holiest Sites Are a Click Away
The pandemic has closed holy sites across the globe, but virtual reality is providing worshipers a digital window into ceremonies during touchstone holidays.
‘A Heart-Wrenching Thing’: Hospital Bans on Visits Devastate Families
To curb the risk of spreading the coronavirus, hospitals nationwide are banning visits from family and friends.
Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines to April 30 as U.S. Cases Top 140,000
The global count has passed 700,000, an official warns Britain that some kind of lockdown may last for months and Joe Biden urges mail-in elections.
White House Airlifts Medical Supplies From China in Coronavirus Fight
Officials have teamed up with medical supply companies to speed the arrival of masks, gloves, gowns and other goods.
India’s Coronavirus Lockdown Leaves Vast Numbers Stranded and Hungry
The sudden shutdown of businesses has upended the lives of millions of migrant laborers in Indian cities. More than a dozen migrants have died, and anger is rising.