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2020

 

Coronavirus / SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic - Part 1

 

 

warning: graphic / distressing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The temporary mortuary constructed at Llanfrechfa Grange

to accommodate 480 bodies.

 

Photograph: Nick Summit

 

Inside a Welsh ICU during the coronavirus pandemic – photo essay

A proning team prepares to prone a patient with severe respiratory failure.

Consultant and photographer Nick Mason shares his experience

and that of colleagues at the Royal Gwent hospital in Newport,

offering a unique perspective documenting the impact of Covid-19

on the NHS frontline

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Fri 25 Sep 2020    11.46 BST

Last modified on Sat 26 Sep 2020    04.26 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/25/
inside-a-welsh-icu-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-photo-essay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Placing the body of a deceased patient in a body bag.

 

Perhaps the hardest of all jobs a nurse is required to do,

but one always carried out with the utmost respect and dignity.

 

Photograph: Nick Summit

 

Inside a Welsh ICU during the coronavirus pandemic – photo essay

A proning team prepares to prone a patient with severe respiratory failure.

Consultant and photographer Nick Mason shares his experience

and that of colleagues at the Royal Gwent hospital in Newport,

offering a unique perspective documenting the impact of Covid-19

on the NHS frontline

G

Fri 25 Sep 2020    11.46 BST

Last modified on Sat 26 Sep 2020    04.26 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/25/
inside-a-welsh-icu-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-photo-essay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gauhati, India

A woman wearing white personal protective equipment,

reacts as she takes a glimpse of her husband’s body,

a victim of Covid-19 in Gauhati.

 

India is now second in the world

in the number of reported coronavirus infections

with over 5.1 million cases, behind only the United States.

 

Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP

 

20 photographs of the week

The aftermath of the fire at the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos,

protests in Louisville and Portland,

migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and the enduring impact of Covid-19:

the most striking images from around the world

G

Sat 19 Sep 2020    07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/19/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bangkok, Thailand

Children play in screened areas used for social distancing

at the Wat Khlong Toey school in Bangkok.

 

Photograph: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

 

20 photographs of the week

The aftermath of the Beirut explosion,

demonstrations after the election in Belarus

and the impact of Covid-19:

the most striking images from around the world

G

Sat 15 Aug 2020    09.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/aug/15/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masked commuters crowd Cadorna train station in Milan.

 

Italy began stirring again on Monday

after a two-month Covid-19 shutdown.

 

Photograph: Claudio Furlan/AP

 

‘The biggest shock was fresh air’:

Italy begins cautious exit from virus lockdown

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Mon 4 May 2020    15.58 BST

Last modified on Mon 4 May 2020    16.05 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/04/
italy-exit-coronavirus-lockdown-restrictions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mourners carried a casket from Al-Rayaan Muslim Funeral home

to a van waiting to transport multiple bodies to their burial plots.

 

15 Funerals a Day: The Pace of Death Stuns a Muslim Community

Al-Rayaan Muslim Funeral Services in Brooklyn

has turned to family members and fellow mourners

to offer prayers and move bodies.

NYT

May 4, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/
nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-burials-muslim.html
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While wearing a mask

shouldn’t replace hand-washing or social distancing,

it may be better than nothing, experts say.

 

Photograph:

Brittainy Newman/The New York Times

 

More Americans Should Probably Wear Masks for Protection

Experts have started to question

whether masks may offer at least some protection

to healthy individuals and essential workers.

NYT

March 27, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/
health/us-coronavirus-face-masks.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burnell Scales Sr., father-in-law of Cornell Charles,

in self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.

 

'A Terrible price: The deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America

NYT

April 29, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/
magazine/racial-disparities-covid-19.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I’ll come back stronger,” said Esther Pitart, 81,

as she was evacuated from the nursing home

in Valderrobres on April 8.

 

Spain’s Villages Wage a Lonely Fight Against the Coronavirus

The isolation of the countryside offers some protection against the outbreak,

but once the illness strikes,

it can reveal the unique vulnerabilities that smaller communities face.

NYT

April 28, 2020    Updated 11:42 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/
world/europe/coronavirus-spain-countryside.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commuters on the Staten Island Ferry.

 

Photograph:

Misha Friedman for The New York Times

 

The Cornavirus in America: the Year Ahead

NYT

Published April 18, 2020

Updated April 19, 2020    2:09 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/
health/coronavirus-america-future.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff members of the Nido de Esperanza,

a non-profit in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan,

handed out food to families with small children.

 

Photograph:

Misha Friedman for The New York Times

 

The Cornavirus in America: the Year Ahead

NYT

Published April 18, 2020

Updated April 19, 2020    2:09 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/
health/coronavirus-america-future.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South African soldiers patrol the Men’s Hostel

in the densely populated Alexandra township

east of Johannesburg, on 28 March,

enforcing a strict lockdown

to control the spread of the coronavirus

 

Photographs: Jérôme Delay for AP

 

Deep inequalities of social distancing in South Africa – in pictures

Homeless people are staying at the Caledonian stadium

in central Pretoria, South Africa, during the coronavirus lockdown.

In densely populated townships and cities,

the army and police have been patrolling the streets

to enforce strict measures to curb the spread of coronavirus

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Wed 15 Apr 2020        06.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2020/apr/15/
deep-inequalities-of-social-distancing-in-south-africa-in-pictures-coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rev. Claudio Del Monte

preparing for a private Good Friday procession

in Bergamo, Italy.

 

Photograph:

Fabio Bucciarelli for The New York Times

 

As They Console Coronavirus’s Victims, Italy’s Priests Are Dying, Too

Doctors and nurses on the front line have become symbols of sacrifice,

but priests and nuns have also joined the fight, often at great risk.

NYT

April 11, 2020    Updated 8:47 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/
world/europe/italy-priests-coronavirus.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Father Connors wheeled a tablet

into Dunia Barrios’s father’s room

so she could remotely watch the ritual.

 

“Are there people sick among you?

Let them send for the priests of the church,

and let the priests pray over them,

anointing them with oil.

The prayer of faith will save the sick persons.

If they have committed any sins,

their sins will be forgiven them.”

THE BOOK OF JAMES

The Last Anointing

Text by ELIZABETH DIAS

Photographs by RYAN CHRISTOPHER JONES

NYT

June 6, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/06/
us/coronavirus-priests-last-rites.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Barrios watched via video

as Father Connors administered

the anointing of the sick to her father.

 

“Are there people sick among you?

Let them send for the priests of the church,

and let the priests pray over them,

anointing them with oil.

The prayer of faith will save the sick persons.

If they have committed any sins,

their sins will be forgiven them.”

THE BOOK OF JAMES

The Last Anointing

Text by ELIZABETH DIAS

Photographs by RYAN CHRISTOPHER JONES

NYT

June 6, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/06/
us/coronavirus-priests-last-rites.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Barrios’s father during the anointing.

 

“Are there people sick among you?

Let them send for the priests of the church,

and let the priests pray over them,

anointing them with oil.

The prayer of faith will save the sick persons.

If they have committed any sins,

their sins will be forgiven them.”

THE BOOK OF JAMES

The Last Anointing

Text by ELIZABETH DIAS

Photographs by RYAN CHRISTOPHER JONES

NYT

June 6, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/06/
us/coronavirus-priests-last-rites.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipients lining up to receive free food

at the Open Door Church of God in Christ in Brooklyn on Saturday.

[ 4 April 2020 ]

 

 

Photograph:

Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

 

Social Distancing Is a Privilege

The idea that this virus is an equal-opportunity killer must itself be killed.

NYT

April 5, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
opinion/coronavirus-social-distancing.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A healthcare worker

pays tribute to co-workers that have died from Covid-19

in front of the 28 de Agosto hospital in Manaus,

on Monday [ 27 April 2020 ].

 

The sign reads: ‘Miss you.’

 

Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters

 

'Utter disaster':

Manaus fills mass graves as Covid-19 hits the Amazon

Emergency measures pile pain on to mourning families

as coronavirus tears through the ill-prepared jungle-flanked city

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Thu 30 Apr 2020    10.00 BST

Last modified on Thu 30 Apr 2020    10.12 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/30/
brazil-manaus-coronavirus-mass-graves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Bertha Mayorquin’s work as a physician amid the pandemic

led to a custody dispute.

 

Photograph:

Stephen Speranza for The New York Times

 

New Battle for Those on Coronavirus Front Lines: Child Custody

Doctors, firefighters and others who risk exposure to Covid-19

are being taken to court by ex-spouses

who want to keep them away from their children.

NYT

April 7, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/
us/coronavirus-child-custody.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even in warmer weather,

social distancing will remain

the most effective way of containing the virus.

 

Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Getty

 

Scientists ask: could summer heat help beat Covid-19?

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Sun 5 Apr 2020    10.01 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/
scientists-ask-could-summer-heat-help-beat-covid-19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Migrant workers in Ahmedabad

board a truck to return to their villages.

 

Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters

 

‘I just want to go home’:

the desperate millions hit by Modi’s brutal lockdown

G

Sat 4 Apr 2020    14.05 BST

Last modified on Sun 5 Apr 2020    04.21 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/04/
i-just-want-to-go-home-the-desperate-millions-hit-by-modis-brutal-lockdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black American communities

that have long experienced

the consequences of the structural inequities

in America’s health care system

are at a much higher risk of devastation from a pandemic.

 

Photograph:

Robin Gentry/EyeEm, via Getty Images

 

The Pandemic's Missing Data

NYT

April 7, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/
opinion/coronavirus-blacks.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hanoi, Vietnam

 

Newborn baby Phuc An,

wearing a protective face shield,

is seen before leaving home for a vaccination.

 

Photograph: Kham/Reuters

 

The 20 photographs of the week

VE Day celebrations, physical distancing and lockdown

– the most striking photographs from around the world this week

G
Sat 9 May 2020    07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/may/09/
the-20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nurse instructs a proning team

on how to flip coronavirus patients onto their stomachs.

 

The Epicenter

A week inside New York’s public hospitals.

NYT

April 15, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/15/
magazine/new-york-hospitals.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Mazza,

the emergency preparedness coordinator

at Holy Name Medical Center,

helping a colleague put on personal protective equipment

before entering a negative-pressure room.

 

Photograph:

Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center

 

The Nurse Was Holding Up.

Then Her 3 Close Relatives Were Brought In.

After crippling New York City,

the coronavirus outbreak

is now enveloping New Jersey’s

densely packed cities and suburbs.

NYT

April 5, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
nyregion/coronavirus-new-jersey-hospitals.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A patient at Holy Name Medical Center

being moved out of the emergency room

in a transport dome, or transport isopod,

which provides additional protection for staff.

 

Photograph:

Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center

 

The Nurse Was Holding Up.

Then Her 3 Close Relatives Were Brought In.

After crippling New York City,

the coronavirus outbreak

is now enveloping New Jersey’s

densely packed cities and suburbs.

NYT

April 5, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
nyregion/coronavirus-new-jersey-hospitals.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lillian P Hammond, seated,

is comforted by her sister-in-law Lori Adams

at the funeral for her husband Larry Hammond,

who died from Covid-19.

New Orleans, US.

 

Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP

 

20 photographs of the week

Physical distancing, self-isolation and lockdown

– the most striking photographs from around the world this week

G

Sat 2 May 2020    07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/may/02/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family members of Anthony Schilizzi, 75,

mourned him on Staten Island last month

after he died from Covid-19.

 

Photograph:

Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times

 

‘We’re Going to See What Else the Word Funeral Can Mean’

As the coronavirus pandemic limits people’s ability to mourn,

they are finding new ways to say goodbye.

NYT

April 5, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
us/coronavirus-dilemmas-mourning.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Schilizzi’s aunt, Sally Iorio.

 

The pandemic has posed unique challenges

to her family and others in mourning.

 

Photograph:

Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times

 

‘We’re Going to See What Else the Word Funeral Can Mean’

As the coronavirus pandemic limits people’s ability to mourn,

they are finding new ways to say goodbye.

NYT

April 5, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
us/coronavirus-dilemmas-mourning.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Schilizzi saying goodbye to her father.

 

Photograph:

Ryan Christopher Jones for The New York Times

 

‘We’re Going to See What Else the Word Funeral Can Mean’

As the coronavirus pandemic limits people’s ability to mourn,

they are finding new ways to say goodbye.

NYT

April 5, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/
us/coronavirus-dilemmas-mourning.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nick Farenga retrieves the body of a Covid-19 patient

from a refrigerated trailer outside a hospital.

(A small area on one body bag was altered

to obscure a name to protect the privacy of the deceased.)

 

Photograph:

Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

 

How Do You Maintain Dignity For the Dead in a Pandemic?

NYT

Published May 14, 2020    Updated May 17, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/
magazine/funeral-home-covid.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because of the high toll from the virus,

the Farenga brothers have had to use the casket showroom

at their funeral home as a makeshift morgue.

 

Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

 

How Do You Maintain Dignity For the Dead in a Pandemic?

NYT

Published May 14, 2020    Updated May 17, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/
magazine/funeral-home-covid.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sal Farenga, left,

with members of the family of Philip Foglia,

who died of complications related to Covid-19,

at a viewing in April.

 

Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

 

How Do You Maintain Dignity For the Dead in a Pandemic?

NYT

Published May 14, 2020    Updated May 17, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/
magazine/funeral-home-covid.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gurmit Kaur

at a viewing for her husband, Paramjit Singh Purewal.

 

Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

 

How Do You Maintain Dignity For the Dead in a Pandemic?

NYT

Published May 14, 2020    Updated May 17, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/
magazine/funeral-home-covid.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gurmit Kaur, left, with her five daughters

at the small service held for Paramjit Singh Purewal

at the Farenga Brothers Funeral Home on April 10.

 

Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

 

How Do You Maintain Dignity For the Dead in a Pandemic?

NYT

Published May 14, 2020    Updated May 17, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/
magazine/funeral-home-covid.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A portrait of Paramjit Singh Purewal and Gurmit Kaur soon after they married.

 

Photograph: Philip Montgomery for The New York Times

 

How Do You Maintain Dignity for the Dead in a Pandemic?

Owerwhelmed by bodies,

funeral homes are struggling to fullfill their mission to grieving families

NYT

Published May 14, 2020    Updated May 17, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/
magazine/funeral-home-covid.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A truck freezer served as a temporary morgue

at a Brooklyn hospital this month.

 

It has been estimated that deaths might have been reduced

by 50 percent to 80 percent in New York City

if social distancing had been widely adopted

a week or two earlier.

 

Photograph:

Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times

 

The Huge Cost of Waiting to Contain the Pandemic

As the numbers show,

the timing of social distancing

can have an enormous impact on death tolls.

NYT

April 14, 2020    5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/
opinion/covid-social-distancing.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manresa, Spain

A body lies on a stretcher next to a bicycle

before being prepared for cremation

at a funeral home in Catalonia.

 

Since a state of emergency was declared on 14 March,

infected corpses cannot be removed from their sealed body bags

and are put straight into coffins

 

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

 

Cardboard crowd and Wuhan wedding: Thursday's best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors

select photo highlights from around the world

G

Thu 16 Apr 2020    12.36 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2020/apr/16/
cardboard-crowd-wuhan-wedding-thursdays-best-photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barcelona, Spain

Head mortician Jordi Fernandez prepares a coffin

in an underground parking garage turned into a morgue

at the Collserola funeral home in Barcelona.

 

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

 

20 photographs of the week

Physical distancing, self-isolation and lockdown

– the most striking photographs on coronavirus from around the world

G

Sat 18 Apr 2020    08.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/18/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy has reported the highest coronavirus death toll of any country.

 

Photograph:

Alessandro Grassani for The New York Times

 

In Italy, Going Back to Work May Depend on Having the Right Antibodies

Weighing an idea that might once have been relegated to science fiction,

Italy once again finds itself in the unfortunate vanguard

of Western democracies grappling with the coronavirus.

NYT

April 4, 2020    Updated 11:05 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/
world/europe/italy-coronavirus-antibodies.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coffins are taken away in military vehicles,

Ponte San Pietro, near Bergamo, 3 April 2020.

 

Photograph:

Filippo Venezia/EPA

 

Devastated by coronavirus,

did Bergamo's work ethic count against it?

My home town took pride in hard work and enterprise.

But a reluctance to go into lockdown might have been disastrous

G

Mon 6 Apr 2020 13.19 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/apr/06/
coronavirus-bergamo-work-ethic-lockdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loading coffins onto an army truck in Bergamo, Italy, in March.

 

Photograph:

Fabio Bucciarelli for The New York Times

 

The Coronavirus Inflicts Its Own Kind of Terror

The virus generates much the same fear and anxiety caused by terrorism,

but it is brought by nature, not by humans.

And it demands a different response: staying alone.

NYT

April 6, 2020    Updated 5:03 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/
world/europe/coronavirus-terrorism-threat-response.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coffins of coronavirus victims, to be buried or incinerated,

were stored in an underground parking lot

at an unused funeral house in Barcelona on Thursday.

[ 2 April 2020 ]

 

 

Photograph:

Samuel Aranda for The New York Times

 

Spain’s Coronavirus Crisis Accelerated as Warnings Went Unheeded

The Spanish epidemic has become

a painful example of the tendency

of one government after another

to ignore the experiences of countries

where the virus has already struck.

NYT

April 7, 2020    Updated 7:25 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/
world/europe/spain-coronavirus.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York, US

 

A photograph taken

with a drone shows bodies being buried

on New York’s Hart Island

amid the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

 

 

20 photographs of the week

Medical staff hold palm tree branches

at the emergency unit of the Molinette hospital

on Palm Sunday.

G

Sat 11 Apr 2020    07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/11/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A gravedigger in Rio de Janeiro.

Nearly 90,000 Brazilians will die in the epidemic,

according to one projection.

 

Photograph: Dado Galdieri for The New York Times

 

Brazil, Once a Leader,

Struggles to Contain Virus Amid Political Turmoil

The nation’s pioneering responses to past health crises,

including AIDS and Zika, won global praise.

But the government’s chaotic response to the virus

has undercut the country’s ability to cope.

NYT

May 16, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/
world/americas/virus-brazil-deaths.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I don’t want to get sick,

I don’t want my family to get sick,

but I still need to get to my job,”

said Yolanda Encanción,

a home health aide.

 

Photograph:

Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times

 

They Can’t Afford to Quarantine.

So They Brave the Subway.

Subway use has plummeted in recent weeks,

but in poorer areas of New York City,

many people are still riding.

NYT

March 30, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/
nyregion/coronavirus-mta-subway-riders.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Officials are still encouraging people in Wuhan

to stay at home as much as possible.

 

Photograph:

Roman Pilipey/EPA, via Shutterstock

 

China Ends Wuhan Lockdown, but Normal Life Is a Distant Dream

In the city where the coronavirus outbreak was first reported,

the reopening of outbound travel won’t end hard times,

wariness or confinement.

NYT

Published April 7, 2020    Updated April 8, 2020, 1:01 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/
world/asia/wuhan-coronavirus.html



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Mossbarger, a disabled Army veteran, right, does not work,

and Jordan Spahn, left, her husband,

has seen his work as a carpenter slow in recent days.

 

Photograph:

Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times

 

Coronavirus and Poverty:

A Mother Skips Meals So Her Children Can Eat

Americans with tight financial resources have fewer options

as they navigate coronavirus closures and layoffs.

NYT

March 20, 2020    5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/
us/coronavirus-poverty-school-lunch.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delva Walker lost her income

when her patient’s family decided

it was too risky to have aides

coming in and out of the home.

 

Photograph:

Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times

 

She Had to Choose: Her Epileptic Patient or Her 7-Year-Old Daughter

The fragile, low-paying existence

of home health aides at the epicenter of the pandemic.

NYT

March 22, 2020    Updated 8:16 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/
nyregion/coronavirus-caregivers-nyc.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I’m quarantined, even though I’m moving around,”

said Darrell Woolsey.

 

“So I might as well keep working, as long as I can.”

 

Alone on the road, a Trucker's Long Haul

as America Fights the Virus

NYT

March 28, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/
us/coronavirus-truckers.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residents received a delivery of food in Wuhan this month.

[ March 2020 ]

 

Photograph:

Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

NYT

March 22, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/
health/coronavirus-restrictions-us.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moria, one of the holding facilities on Lesbos,

is notoriously overpopulated, making isolation impossible.

 

Photograph: Manolis Lagoutaris/AFP

 

'Coronavirus doesn't respect barbed wire':

concern mounts for Greek camps

Calls grow for EU countries to accept refugees as outbreaks

fuel fears that virus could rampage through overcrowded facilities

G

Tue 7 Apr 2020    07.00 BST

Last modified on Tue 7 Apr 2020    08.29 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/07/
coronavirus-doesnt-respect-barbed-wire-concern-mounts-for-greek-camps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shanty-town homes in Dharavi during the quarantine.

 

Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP

 

'We are very afraid': scramble to contain coronavirus in Mumbai slum

G

Tue 7 Apr 2020    05.00 BST

Last modified on Tue 7 Apr 2020    05.02 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/
we-are-very-afraid-scramble-contain-coronavirus-mumbai-slum-dharavi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manila, Philippines

A woman checks her phone outside her home

as the Philippines orders half its population to stay home

 

Photograph: Maria Tan/AFP via Getty Images

 

20 photographs of the week

Social distancing, self-isolation and life before and after lockdown

– the best photography from around the world.

G

Sat 21 Mar 2020    09.09 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/mar/21/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Costco in Brooklyn, shoppers stockpiled goods.

 

Photograph:

Ashley Gilbertson

 

Witnessing the Birth of The Coronavirus Economy

NYT

March 19, 2020    5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/
business/coronavirus-photos-economy.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mayor and his aides worried

about how a shutdown would affect the poorest and most vulnerable New Yorkers.

 

Photograph: Dave Sanders for The New York Times

 

NYT

April 8, 2020    Updated 9:10 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/
nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-response-delays.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Cuomo has been praised for his daily news conferences,

where he focuses on the facts of the outbreak.

 

Photograph:

Cindy Schultz for The New York Times

 

NYT

April 8, 2020    Updated 9:10 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/
nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-response-delays.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Trump and members of the coronavirus task force

briefing reporters on Monday at the White House.

 

Photograph:

Doug Mills/The New York Times

 

A Cascade of Warnings, Heard but Unheeded, Before Virus Outbreak

Government exercises, including one last year,

made clear that the U.S. was not ready

for a pandemic like the coronavirus.

But little was done.

NYT

March 19, 2020    Updated 11:47 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/
us/politics/trump-coronavirus-outbreak.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The online campaign against Dr. Fauci has grown

even as he remains a crucial member

of Mr. Trump’s coronavirus task force.

 

Photograph:

Erin Schaff/The New York Times

 

Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right

Dr. Anthony Fauci,

the administration’s most outspoken advocate of emergency virus measures,

faces a torrent of false claims that he is mobilizing to undermine the president.

NYT

March 28, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/
technology/coronavirus-fauci-trump-conspiracy-target.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci,

the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force infectious disease expert,

this month during a White House briefing.

 

Photograph:

Al Drago for The New York Times

 

NYT

March 22, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/
health/coronavirus-restrictions-us.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci

after President Trump referred to the “Deep State Department”

at a briefing on March 20.

 

Photograph:

Erin Schaff/The New York Times

 

Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right

Dr. Anthony Fauci,

the administration’s most outspoken advocate of emergency virus measures,

faces a torrent of false claims that he is mobilizing to undermine the president.

NYT

March 28, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/
technology/coronavirus-fauci-trump-conspiracy-target.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surgeon General Jerome Adams at a coronavirus briefing at the White House in March.

 

Photograph:

Al Drago for The New York Times

 

What We Pretend to Know About the Coronavirus Could Kill Us

Today’s propaganda is tomorrow’s truth, and vice versa.

NYT

April 3, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/
opinion/sunday/coronavirus-fake-news.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once known as a quiet and wealthy province,

Bergamo is now a place where Red Cross workers go door to door,

carrying away the afflicted, like Claudio Travelli.

 

Photograph: Fabio Bucciarelli

 


‘We Take the Dead From Morning Till Night’

March 27, 2020

NYT

March 27, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/27/
world/europe/coronavirus-italy-bergamo.html

https://www.nytimes.com/it/interactive/2020/03/29/
world/europe/coronavirus-italy-bergamo.html
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A patient being screened for coronavirus

at the University Hospital in Bordeaux, France, on Thursday.

[ 12 March 2020 ]

 

Photograph:

Caroline Blumberg/EPA, via Shutterstock

 

How to Protect Older People From the Coronavirus

People over 60, and especially over 80,

are particularly vulnerable to severe or fatal infection.

 

Here are some steps to reduce their risk.

NYT

March 14, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/
health/coronavirus-elderly-protection.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lori and Michael Spencer, foreground,

visited Lori’s mother, Judie Shape,

who Lori said had tested positive for coronavirus,

at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Wash.,

on Wednesday.

[ 12 March 2020 ]

 

Photograph:

Jason Redmond/Reuters

 

How to Protect Older People From the Coronavirus

People over 60, and especially over 80,

are particularly vulnerable to severe or fatal infection.

 

Here are some steps to reduce their risk.

NYT

March 14, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/
health/coronavirus-elderly-protection.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical staff checking on a coronavirus patient

at the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan on Friday.

[ 6 March 2020 ]

 

Photograph:

Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

 

China May Be Beating the Coronavirus, at a Painful Cost

Beijing says its heavy-handed measures are working.

Can other countries battling the outbreak learn from its efforts

— or is the cure worse than the disease?

NYT

Published March 7, 2020    Updated March 10, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/
world/asia/china-coronavirus-cost.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sister Angel Bipendu, right,

a nun and doctor who visits infected coronavirus patients

at home in and around Bergamo.

 

Photograph: Piero Cruciatti/AFP via Getty Images

 

Devastated by coronavirus, did Bergamo's work ethic count against it?

My home town took pride in hard work and enterprise.

But a reluctance to go into lockdown might have been disastrous

G

Mon 6 Apr 2020    13.19 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/apr/06/
coronavirus-bergamo-work-ethic-lockdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A volunteer with the Community of Sant’Egidio,

a humanitarian organization,

delivered milk to Lamberto Paolucci, 88,

in Rome earlier this month.

 

Photograph: Andrew Medichini

Associated Press

 

How to Protect Older People From the Coronavirus

People over 60, and especially over 80,

are particularly vulnerable to severe or fatal infection.

 

Here are some steps to reduce their risk.

NYT

March 14, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/
health/coronavirus-elderly-protection.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Johnson receives a blood transfusion on April 14, 2020

to address ongoing health issues resulting from COVID-19.

Because Whidbey is a critical access hospital,

patients typically can't stay longer than 96 hours,

so nurses are not trained to keep people on ventilators for long periods of time.

But nurses have had to learn new skills to save lives during the pandemic.

 

Photograph: Lynn Johnson

 

For two years,

this Washington island has grappled with the long reach of COVID

NPR

May 18, 2022    5:00 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/18/
1097341962/covid-whidbey-island?t=1652945361482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica Leukhardt bathes a patient in spring of 2020.

Personal protective equipment

is a major emotional and psychological barrier

for home health workers to adjust to,

especially in caring for patients

where touch is so vital to their care.

 

Photograph: Lynn Johnson

 

For two years,

this Washington island has grappled with the long reach of COVID

NPR

May 18, 2022    5:00 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/18/
1097341962/covid-whidbey-island?t=1652945361482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delores Jetton carefully bathes Elvy Kaik

during a hospice visit on April 23, 2020.

Because their work is so hands-on,

Delores and other home health care workers

on Whidbey Island wear extensive gear

and take extra precautions to minimize COVID risk.

 

Photograph: Lynn Johnson

 

Lynn JohnsonFor two years,

this Washington island has grappled with the long reach of COVID

NPR

May 18, 2022    5:00 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/18/
1097341962/covid-whidbey-island?t=1652945361482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A vigil in Hong Kong last week for Dr. Li Wenliang,

[ Li Wenliang / 李文亮    1986 – 7 February 2020 ]

who died from the coronavirus

after attempting to raise the alarm about the outbreak.

 

Photograph:

Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

 

China’s Doctors, Fighting the Coronavirus, Beg for Masks

Confronting a viral epidemic with a scant supply of protective equipment,

more than 1,700 Chinese medical workers have already been infected,

and six have died.

NYT

Published Feb. 14, 2020    Updated Feb. 29, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/
world/asia/china-coronavirus-doctors.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Li in Wuhan Central Hospital on Friday.

[ Li Wenliang / 李文亮    1986 – 7 February 2020 ]

 

As New Coronavirus Spread, China’s Old Habits Delayed Fight

At critical turning points,

Chinese authorities put secrecy and order

ahead of openly confronting the growing crisis

and risking public alarm or political embarrassment.

NYT

Published Feb. 1, 2020    Updated Feb. 7, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/
world/asia/china-coronavirus.html


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A barrier blocking the entrance to a street in Wuhan.

 

Photograph:

Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

 

In China’s War on the Coronavirus, a Community Is Besieged

The people of Zuoling, a suburb of Wuhan

 have gone through a gamut of emotions as the epidemic raged:

from complacency, to alarm, and finally, to anger.

NYT

Published Feb. 28, 2020        Updated March 6, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/
world/asia/china-coronavirus-wuhan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Covid-19 intensive care unit at a hospital in Wuhan in February.

 

Photograph:

CHINATOPIX, via Associated Press

 

25 DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD:

HOW COVID-19 SLIPPED CHINA’S GRASP

NYT

December 30, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/
world/asia/china-coronavirus.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health workers conducted temperature checks at a grocery store

in Beijing in February.

 

Photograph: Kevin Frayer

Getty Images

 

NYT

March 22, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/
health/coronavirus-restrictions-us.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A police security robot

drives on the high-speed railway station platform

in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

 

The device, which patrols public places,

warns people when they are not wearing masks,

checks their body temperature and identity.

 

Photograph: Alex Plavevski

EPA

 

Cities after coronavirus:

how Covid-19 could radically alter urban life

The Guardian

Thu 26 Mar 2020    07.00 GMT

Last modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020    07.02 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/
life-after-coronavirus-pandemic-change-world

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An ambulance on a nearly empty bridge in Wuhan on Sunday.

The city government has put restrictions on traffic,

and most residents are too scared to leave their homes.

 

Photograph:

CHINATOPIX, via Associated Press

 

Deaths Surpass 200, and State Department Urges Against Travel to China

The United States set its advisory at Level 4,

which represents the highest safety risk.

The World Health Organization

said the virus represents a risk outside of China.

The New York Times

Published Jan. 30, 2020        Updated March 9, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/
world/asia/coronavirus-china.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nearly empty road in Wuhan on Monday.

 

The authorities have limited travel

amid the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Photograph: Getty Images

 

Coronavirus Anger Boils Over in China and Doctors Plead for Supplies

A man was detained after beating up a doctor in Wuhan,

and medical staff members are wearing raincoats

to protect against infection.

NYT

Published Jan. 30, 2020    Updated Feb. 14, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/
world/asia/china-coronavirus-epidemic.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An aerial view of roads and bridges.

 

Photograph: Getty Images

 

Daily life in Wuhan during the coronavirus lockdown – in pictures

The Chinese city of 11 million resembles a ghost town,

with empty streets and biosecurity checkpoints

– though a new hospital was built in days.

The number of people

who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus,

known as 2019-nCoV,

in China has climbed to 425,

while more than 20,000 people there have been infected.

Cases have been reported in other countries,

including the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea,

India, the UK, Germany and France

G

Tue 4 Feb 2020    01.11 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/feb/04/
daily-life-in-wuhan-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interstate 280, normally filled with traffic and noise,

was astoundingly empty in late March.

 

Photograph: Justin Sullivan

Getty Images

 

The Magic of Empty Streets

Social distancing gives us a rare chance to fix cities.

NYT

April 8, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/
opinion/coronavirus-tips-new-york-san-francisco.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City

 

A man walks alone

through the nearly empty Oculus transportation hub

at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.

 

Photograph: Andrew Kelly

Reuters

 

20 photographs of the week

Physical distancing, self-isolation and lockdown

– the most striking photographs on coronavirus

from around the world

G

Sat 25 Apr 2020    07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/25/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 17, 2020    7:01 AM ET        USA

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834245538/isolation-diary-
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March 19, 2020    7:06 PM ET        USA

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