COVID-19 has placed a huge strain on the resources of the country’s hospitals. That is especially true of Roseland Community Hospital, a small but vital safety-net hospital on Chicago’s South Side.
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These medical students are stepping up to help hospitals test for COVID-19. The swab tests they’re performing at the Detroit health department are critical to an accurate diagnosis. “One, two, three, on one nostril. One, two, three, in the other,” Michael Moentmann explained before swabbing […]
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New York City area hospitals have been filling with patients suffering, and many times dying, from COVID-19-related illnesses. A doctor working inside one of these hospitals, tells us what kind of changes have they had to make to not become overwhelmed.
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In the U.S. state of Georgia, some businesses were allowed to reopen after the COVID-19 shutdown. We follow owner of Salon EllaPar and Spa, Jill Gay-Riendeau, as she explains how her salon is reopening and what safety precautions are being taken protect clientele.
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Human rights groups are condemning the treatment of gang member inmates in El Salvador – after images and videos emerged of hundreds of prisoners stripped to their underwear and pressed closely together in formation, as a punishment for an outbreak in homicides. The punishment stands […]
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Stanford’s prestigious startup StartX has developed a task force to find ways to use technology tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Companies such as Kangaroo Health have presented their product that founder Xiaoxu Kang says is like a “personal nurse in your pocket”. The app checks in […]
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President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order Tuesday that would force meat processing plants to stay open to prevent a shortage in the food supply. The order uses the Defense Production Act to categorize meat processing as critical infrastructure. More than 20 meatpacking plants have […]
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As demand for crude oil has plummeted and inland storage costs have climbed up, the U.S. Coast Guard has released dramatic footage of dozens of oil tankers anchored off the coast of southern California to store crude oil in the sea during the pandemic.
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The Kueka stone is hundreds of millions of years old, but in the last 22 years of its existence it has become the source of a protracted dispute between the government of Venezuela and a German conceptual artist. It all began in 1998, when Wolfgang […]
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The pandemic has threatened coffee harvesting season across Latin America. The biggest concern is having enough people to work during harvesting season. What is Colombia doing to comply with health and security measures and still supply the rest of the world with coffee? Our correspondent […]
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With the spread of COVID-19, admissions of infected patients into the hospitals have been on the rise. Some hospitals are noticing a significant decline in other kinds of emergencies being admitted into their facilities. Physicians are noticing that many people are holding off their hospital […]
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Venezuela is under a strict quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so a community of volunteers have joined together with a program called Good Neighbor, to help support the elderly living alone.
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While some people are able to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers are doing their best to continue their services and keep communities safe and running. Sheriff Leon Lott of Richland County, South Carolina shares what it’s like working during the pandemic […]
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A Mexican company developed a safety capsule to help EMTs and medical workers who are trying to save lives, while also maintaining social distance and lowering their risk of contracting COVID-19. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock takes a look at the new equipment.
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With the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. bringing unemployment numbers to at least 26 million, international students are finding it hard to make their ends meet. Every year, the United States is home to more than 1 million students international students. But finding a job […]
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Take a look at how Muslims are celebrating Ramadan differently this year.
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More than 180,000 people around the world have died of COVID-19. For those that loved them, there’s the additional pain of not being able to say goodbye. Social distancing guidelines are preventing last rites, funerals, even hugs for comfort. Minnoli Aya lost her mother to […]
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In Richmond, Virginia, demonstrators staged a “rolling rally,” driving their cars around the city center. Gatherings of more than 10 people are currently banned in Virginia, so protestors drove their cars around the state capitol building instead. The organizers called the rally, “Reopen Virginia,” and […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has hit every aspect of life across America, including how the lawmakers in the U.S. Congress conduct business. But the U.S. has been more reluctant to go into remote and video conferencing for lawmakers – but why? CGTN spoke with reporter Michael […]
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CGTN’s Sean Callebs and his cameraman Dan Criswell traveled through nine states over the last couple of weeks to cover the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they visited hospitals in New Orleans, East Jefferson, and Omega. They were in rooms with critically ill patients. And Dan […]
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Schools in the U.S. are closed to stop the spread of COVID-19. Millions of American kids are learning online instead. But more than 20 million people in the U.S. don’t have any internet access. Only two-thirds of Americans in rural areas have a broadband connection. […]
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Fears that the coronavirus could be brought back into China has led to the local government in Guangzhou to implement a number of measures, like surveillance and mandatory testing, along with an additional quarantine for African nationals – even if they had not left China. […]
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Before visiting COVID-19 patients, medical workers have to put on several layers of personal protective equipment (PPE), so they can keep themselves and others safe from the virus. What’s included in the PPE and how do you put it on? Watch a CGTN photographer gear […]
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“Before this pandemic, they wanted to deport us. But now that there’s a pandemic, they say they need us.” In the U.S., farm workers are considered “essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic – making sure that food supplies make it from the fields to Americans’ tables […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has put millions of workers in financial peril and threatened to add to a huge mountain of wasted food. But CGTN’s Owen Fairclough visited one Washington DC bar trying to help solve both these huge problems. At least 17,000 meals had been […]
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As Peru’s coronavirus lockdown surpasses a month, thousands working in Peru’s informal economy have been forced to leave their homes in search of food and work. Community kitchens closed when Peru’s government announced a quarantine in mid-March. Now only one charity organization is offering food […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his three-phase approach to re-opening the U.S. But many are wondering, is the U.S. actually ready? Whether or not states reopen will depend on individual state governors but before states can ease social distancing requirements, there are certain benchmarks […]
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International students studying in the U.S. are facing uncertainty amid school closures and an increasingly overcompetitive job market. Many are being forced to return home due to visa restrictions where they can’t find work amid the country’s economic downturn due to COVID-19. Here’s how one […]
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Antiseptic alcohol is key to fighting COVID-19. “Alcohol is important because you use it to clean your hands and I put it in my mask to clean it as well,” said Pilar Solano. But it’s hard to find and expensive to buy across Venezuela. “You […]
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The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought on what’s being called the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. The International Monetary Fund issued stark predictions about the global economy for this year and next. CGTN’s Yin Yue had an indepth chat with Zhang Tao, Deputy […]
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CGTN speaks with Richard Lee, President of Joola, a ping-pong manufacturer, about the company shifting to face mask production for people in the U.S. to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. His company makes and sells table tennis equipment worldwide. But soon after the COVID-19 […]
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The Mexican city of Monclova has become a hot spot for the coronavirus, after a local hospital apparently put in place a policy banning face masks, as a way to keep the public from panicking in response to the growing pandemic. CGTN takes a look […]
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South African military personnel are being used to enforce the nation’s mandatory lockdown. There have been reports of homeless people being assaulted by security forces, and clashes between ordinary people and the military. Meantime, healthcare workers on the ground are working through the crisis amid […]
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Speaking with a group of more then a dozen foreign nationals, China’s top respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan, discussed his experience in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak and what people abroad can take from his trials.
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While Argentina remains under a COVID-19 lockdown, one restaurant owner is using his business to help support the community, one breakfast at a time.
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COVID-19 quarantine is forcing many poor Venezuelans to make an unexpected journey home.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the racial inequities in U.S. healthcare system. Joseph P. Williams, Senior Editor at U.S. News World Report, talked to CGTN’s Anand Naidoo on The Heat podcast about the reasons why African-Americans are so disproportionately affected. For more, view these charts […]
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As countries all over the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll is also heavy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the coronavirus could peak in the United States. The Trump administration is under pressure to reopen the U.S. economy as soon […]
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Recently, Hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria, has started to show up more in conversations about how to fight COVID-19. U.S. President Donald Trump touts the drug as a sort of miracle cure. However, the WHO said there is no definitive evidence that it […]
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Days after the first batch of health kits, including masks, wipes and medicine arrived at a Chinese embassy facility, the delivery of those goods to over 3,000 students across the Washington D.C. area began the morning of Monday, April 13. In addition to basic protective […]
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As the U.S. struggles to control the COVID-19 pandemic, powerful storms pounded the southeast part of the country, killing more than 30 people.
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We asked three urgent questions of infectious disease expert Gavin MacGregor-Skinner, Director of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council.
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Communities around the world are urging people to stay home as they try to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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As all 50 states are under a major disaster declaration, stay-at-home orders have also been in place across major metropolitan regions. Chicago, one of the most densely-populated cities in the U.S., has virtually become a“ghost town”as streets and tourist attractions closed to the public. Through […]
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A swarm of locusts is set to devastate parts of East Africa. This swarm is up to 20 times the size of the one that hit only 2 months ago. Locusts are related to grasshoppers, but locusts swarm and can fly long distances. A swarm […]
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While the world battles COVID-19 and local governments urge people to stay home and social distance, it’s important to celebrate the beauty of nature.
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After returning from a dream trip to Egypt, Monica Yeung Arima and her husband came down with fever and would later be tested positive for COVID-19. As her health deteriorated, Monica was accepted into a clinical trial – receiving a treatment to combat the virus. […]
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Many New Yorkers have to travel by subway, even though they’re anxious. “I’m scared for like people not to touch me, people not to get close to me. I’m scared for other people, too. They ride too close. We New Yorkers, we don’t listen. That’s […]
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As police around the U.S. still work to enforce the law and deal with the general public, many are concerned about the threat COVID-19 poses. CGTN visited the Richland County Sheriff’s Department in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, to see how their officers are […]
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New York City is digging mass graves for unclaimed bodies from COVID-19. The city has experienced an overwhelming amount of COVID-19 infections and deaths, making it a global epicenter of the disease. With more than 170,000 infections, NYC has more COVID-19 cases than any nation […]
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