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The 1 million residents of the massive Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, are stretching out meals and relying on donations. But anxiety has been building since the lockdown began on March 25. (Photo by Ting Chen) Photo used under CC BY

Residents of Mumbai slum struggle through lockdown

In homes that are cramped, stuffy and increasingly low on food, residents of Mumbai’s huge Dharavi slum are struggling under India’s nationwide lockdown.

Reuters

Hunger and uncertainty under Delhi’s lockdown

Al Jazeera

COVID-19 batters the Navajo Nation

Coronavirus batters the Navajo Nation, and it‘s about to get worse. The fear of what’s ahead is based on precedent. During the swine flu epidemic of 2009, Native Americans died at four to five times the rate of other Americans.

NBC News

Virus mutations affect deadliness of strains

A new study by one of China’s top scientists has found the ability of the new coronavirus to mutate has been vastly underestimated and different strains may account for different impacts of the disease around the world.

South China Morning Post

Pandemic driving tech solutions in Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic is posing a major challenge in Africa. With not much help expected from donors, the continent’s tech geniuses are inventing quick and cheap solutions to curb the spread of the virus.

Deutsche Welle

Thousands of youths languish in Greek camps

Germany and Luxembourg have begun taking in unaccompanied minors from refugee camps in Greece. But thousands of other youngsters, many in need of help, are still in overcrowded camps now threatened by COVID-19.

Deutsche Welle

More women hurt amid S. America lockdowns

Activists say women are now at greater risk across a region already suffering from high rates of gender-based violence.

Al Jazeera

China dismantles HK’s freedoms amid outbreak

Quartz

HUMAN RIGHTS

Japan is offering sex workers financial aid

But for many sex workers, the package offers little reassurance -- and its rules for eligibility seem opaque and restrictive. Some aren’t sure how to apply for benefits without effectively outing themselves.

CNN

In Bolivia calls from abused girls flood hotline

Since the coronavirus lockdown began in Bolivia, Brisa De Angulo’s charity for sexually abused children has received hundreds of telephone calls from girls trapped in homes with their abusers.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Migrant workers bear brunt of pandemic in Gulf

Crammed into work camps, stood down from their jobs, facing high rates of infection and with no way home, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNMENT

Pandemic used for power grab in Europe

Some of Europe’s leaders have been accused of taking advantage of a public health crisis to clamp down on dissent and bolster their power.

BBC

Syria’s divisions damage coronavirus efforts

After nine years of war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and ill-prepared to cope with the coronavirus - an enemy that knows no conflict lines.

Al Jazeera

Death toll in Wuhan was underreported

Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began in late 2019, revised its death toll by 50 percent, admitting that a further 1,290 people died after contracting the virus, but China denies that it covered up the figures.

Forbes

G7 backing for WHO leaves Trump isolated

Health officials around the world condemned the U.S. president’s decision to stop his country’s funding for the UN agency, amid a crisis that has left more than 2 million people infected and almost 140,000 dead.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Black scientists begin testing antiviral drug

A scientist at Meharry Medical College says he is about two weeks away from testing an anti-virus to prevent COVID-19, the disease ravaging many African American communities across the country.

NBCNews.com

FDA approves new drug for patients with metastatic breast cancer

CNN

Astronauts return to Earth amid pandemic

After more than 200 days in space, astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan and cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka returned to a planet transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.

NBC News

GLOBAL HEALTH

More health workers needed to reopen

Before stay-at-home orders are lifted, the nation’s public health agencies want to be ready to douse any new sparks of COVID-19 infections - requiring tens of thousands more investigators to help get people into quarantine.

Associated Press

Stop shaking hands. Do this instead

Dr. Anthony Fauci has declared the handshake dead. But look around you. The world’s got plenty of alternatives with zero touching and all of the intended warmth.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Little Free Libraries provides essential items

Little Free Libraries — the cute book exchange boxes on thousands of front yards and street corners — are being turned into sharing boxes filled with toilet paper, food and comfort items during the coronavirus pandemic.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Safari operator feeding thousands of families

Safari operator Pankaj Shah is spearheading a volunteer effort to feed thousands of families left penniless when the new coronavirus devastated the economy.

Reuters

Utah nursery gives away thousands of flowers after millions in orders were canceled because of coronavirus

CNN

War veteran ‘Captain Tom,’ 99, raises $15 million for NHS as he completes garden challenge

CNN

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis launch wine

The couple announced they are launching a quarantine-themed wine through Nocking Point where 100% of the profits will go to charities that help with COVID-19 relief funds.

Today

Wisconsin creamery provides free milk

Sassy Cow Creamery is providing free milk to community members struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

CNN

Uber driver donates $12K in food to hospital

An Uber driver recently went the extra mile to ensure that the front line workers at her local hospital taking care of others amid the coronavirus pandemic were also being cared for themselves.

People

ENVIRONMENT

Green energy could bring in $100T in recovery

Renewable energy could power an economic recovery from Covid-19 by spurring global GDP gains of almost $100 trillion in 30 years.

Guardian

Air pollution linked to raised Covid-19 deaths

Dr Maria Neira, of the World Health Organization, told BBC News countries with high pollution levels, many in Latin America, Africa and Asia, should ramp up their preparations.

BBC

Is fungus the answer to climate change?

A growing movement of mushroom advocates, people who believe these squishy, sometimes edible fungi can help solve some of our most pressing environmental problems.

NBC News

Indigenous input helps save grizzly bears

When a bear starts feeding off garbage and loses its fear of humans it is quickly shot but an unlikely conservation partnership may be setting a different path.

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

UAE migrant workers stranded by job losses

In debt, unable to earn and refused repatriation over coronavirus fears, many migrant workers face an uncertain future.

Guardian

Celebrities decry COVID-19 impact on US

Celebrities have highlighted the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people of color in the U.S., which is especially stark in cities.

Guardian

COVID-19 exposes internet access as privilege

NBC News’ Jacob Ward examines how families and students are struggling to do school work and stay connected without equal access to the internet.

NBC News

Italian boy drives miles to study in the middle of nowhere

Reuters

Photo of the Day

The Navajo Nation band performs during a Veteran’s Day Holiday march toward Window Rock, Arizona. As of Monday, the Navajo Nation, which sprawls across three states in the Southwestern United States, had 1,197 positive coronavirus cases. It has a per capita infection rate 10 times higher than that of neighboring Arizona and the third-highest infection rate in the country behind those of New York and New Jersey. Forty-four people have died, more than in 14 other states. (Photo by Donovan Shortey) Photo used under CC BY

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