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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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are reporting a shortage of blood supplies. In Brazil, one of the country’s biggest football clubs, Sport Club Corinthians, stepped in to help.
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The global death toll from COVID-19 has passed 102,000.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shed greater light on the economic and health disparities among racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control has not released complete data on race and COVID-19, but in an initial study they found evidence that […]
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With more than 170,000 infections, NYC has more COVID-19 cases than any nation on earth.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve announced a new series of policies and plans on Thursday to make more loans and money available to stats, localities, and companies hit hard by the coronavirus.
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As communities across the U.S. suffer from the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, food banks are stocking up and distributing supplies to those desperately in need.
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These are sites and sounds of the city of Wuhan reopening following its months long lockdown.
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COVID-19 supplies from China, for Chinese students overseas, have arrived in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. With nearly 420,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the U.S. is the world’s virus epicenter. While some Chinese students studying abroad have been able to return home, the outbreak has also left […]
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NPC deputies and party members, especially those who work in the health and wellness sector, are revising their current plans and recommendations for the Two Sessions legislative meetings – delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CGTN Correspondent Wu Lei reports on one NPC deputy who […]
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On the day that the coronavirus lockdown were lifted in Wuhan, there are internet rumors that a city in another part of China may be locked down because of COVID-19. The rumor says the alleged outbreak was caused by Africans living in Guangzhou, capital of […]
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As COVID-19 spreads, different regions and countries are seeing different measures taken to prevent bigger problems. In Mexico, with no tourists left to serve, one beach resort is taking measures into its own hands.
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California is granting early release to 3,500 inmates in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus infections in the state prison system. The decision follows an emergency order filed by lawyers, requesting an intervention by judges to prevent illness and death.
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Yoga is usually done in groups, but during the coronavirus pandemic, practitioners are adapting and using technology to continue their practice. CGTN spoke with LeeAnn King, a Washington, D.C. -based health and wellness guide who has gone from teaching free courses at her local library, […]
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As the coronavirus pandemic spreads in the United States, schools have closed and many international students have nowhere to stay. CGTN spoke to one Chinese overseas student who made the long trip home. She says it took more than 30 hours for her and other […]
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With commerce and regular life virtually shut down amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the city that never sleeps is uncharacteristically quiet. Listen.
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Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic, voters are going to the polls in Wisconsin.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, the issue of accessible medical equipment is paramount.
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As COVID-19 spreads, different regions and countries are seeing different measures taken to prevent bigger problems.
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Amid the clubs and theaters shut down over coronavirus, one American tradition is seeing something of a comeback, the drive-in movie theater.
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Access to clean water is vital to fight the spread of COVID-19, but fewer than half the households in Venezuela have running water every day.
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As coronavirus cases rise in Cuba, the island is finding its efforts to contain the disease complicated by global politics, as a critical aid shipment from China was recently blocked by the U.S. trade embargo.
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Interest in bunker industry is up during pandemic
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As COVID-19 puts an end to travel plans around the world, many were left stranded as they were forced to return to their home countries.
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The Johns Hopkins University coronavirus map tracks new COVID-19 cases around the world in real time, and 15 billion people have viewed it as of Wednesday. The idea began in January when Ph.D. candidate Ensheng Dong and his advisor, Associate Professor Lauren Gardner at the […]
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The adventures of a penguin named Wellington is causing a stir at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium.
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A catering company, instead of completely shutting down because of the COVID-19 outbreak, is helping feed first responders during the crisis. CGTN’s Dan Williams takes a look at what the restaurant, Soul and Smoke, is doing to help essential workers.
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As New York City prepares for a worsening death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are forced to build temporary morgues to house the bodies of the dead. CGTN’s Sarah Walton has the latest.
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Weeks after a state of emergency was declared in Peru in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the usually packed beaches of the seaside capital Lima have been reclaimed by seabirds.
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If you’re from California, New Jersey, New York or Washington state, you likely feel more confident in your governor than you do in President Donald Trump in battling the coronavirus pandemic. A poll by Monmouth University found that 74% of people in these states said […]
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As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, the U.S. healthcare system finds itself short on equipment and staff. Nurses are in high demand, but as CGTN’s Mark Niu reports, they’re also feeling those in charge are failing to protect them on the job.
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As the U.S. scrambles to contain COVID-19, parts of China are getting back to work. Here’s what the U.S. could learn from China’s COVID-19 response.
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