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People With Mental Health Conditions Say The Coronavirus Has Plunged Their Treatment Into Crisis
“I fear it will send me back to a dark place.”
Alex Spence
An Old Conspiracy Theory Known As "Agenda 21" Has Been Given Fresh Life By The Coronavirus Pandemic
Social media posts are being widely shared that link the pandemic to claims that a totalitarian world government is seeking to kill most of the planet’s population.
Joey D'Urso
We Tried To Get Home To Our Dying Father In The US. Then Our Flight From Russia Was Canceled.
“We wanted to get home to Montana to be with our father who is dying of cancer. We wanted to be with him for his last few days.”
Christopher Miller
A Cluster Of Coronavirus Cases Can Be Traced Back To A Single Mosque And Now 200 Million Muslims Are Being Vilified
Six COVID-19 deaths have been linked to a religious gathering in March. It’s led to a huge spike in anti-Muslim narratives and misinformation.
Nishita Jha
Queen Elizabeth Will Give A Rare Televised Address On Sunday About The Coronavirus
It's thought to be just the fourth address of its kind during the Queen's reign.
Joey D'Urso
Two NHS Nurses Have Died From The Coronavirus
Areema Nasreen, a 36-year-old nurse at Walsall Manor Hospital, and Aimee O'Rourke, a 38-year-old who worked at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, have both died.
Ikran Dahir
A Coroner Has Warned That We May Never Know The Number Of UK Deaths From The Coronavirus
“Deaths may not get picked up,” a coroner told BuzzFeed News, because coronavirus tests on the living are “rarer than hen's teeth”.
Patrick Strudwick
New Parents Raising Their Babies In Isolation Are Grieving For The Experience They Imagined
"The minute the mum's groups were closed, that increased the number of calls significantly," said the chief executive of a perinatal depression hotline.
Gina Rushton
After The Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back To Normal
Before the pandemic began, the systems that govern our world were brittle. Today, they are broken. When we emerge, the world will be different, and so will we.
Ryan Broderick
Bodies Are Being Left To Rot At Home In This City As The Coronavirus Spreads
One woman told BuzzFeed News she went out into the street to find people to remove her uncle's corpse, as her home city in Ecuador is overwhelmed by the coronavirus.
Karla Zabludovsky
Twitter Just Took Down 9,000 Accounts Pushing Coronavirus Propaganda Praising The Government Of The United Arab Emirates
The network, parts of which were taken down last year, also attacked the UAE's rivals in the Middle East.
Jane Lytvynenko
Matt Hancock Promised 100,000 Tests A Day As He Revamped The UK Government's Coronavirus Communications
The health secretary announced a new five-pronged approach to fight the pandemic, telling the nation "I'm going to level with you" on testing.
Alex Wickham
The Family Of A UK Health Worker Who Died Of The Coronavirus Say He Was "Let Down" Over Protective Equipment
“The NHS have lost a valid member. He will leave a massive hole in our hearts.”
Georgia Chambers
These Housemates Made An Instagram Account To Recreate Paintings During The Coronavirus Lockdown
"Damn the detail level is heckin good."
Ikran Dahir
This Man’s Dry Cough Is So Bad He Needs Help With A Puffer At Night. He’s Stuck In Detention As COVID-19 Spreads.
“I feel extremely weak. I'm worried that my vulnerable body is unable to handle the coronavirus.”
Saba Vasefi
Climate Deniers Are Making Memes About The Coronavirus To Argue Against Urgent Climate Action
Right wing media figures and groups are using the wall-to-wall coverage of COVID-19 to claim there was never any need for urgent climate action.
Cameron Wilson
The UK Could Have Had Thousands Of Extra Coronavirus Tests Weeks Ago
Public Health England failed to follow up on a request in January to use the testing capabilities of the UK's animal health agency, which its staff say could carry out 40,000 tests a week.
Richard Holmes
A British Newspaper Has Given Chinese Coronavirus Propaganda A Direct Line To The UK
During the pandemic, the Daily Telegraph continues to sell space to China to push the party line.
Dean Sterling Jones
I’m Trapped In A Russian Airport And The US Embassy Told Me My Best Chance To Get Home Is To Flee To Finland
Trenton Thurber told BuzzFeed News that he has asthma, his funds are dwindling, and he feels like “there’s no way to get out” of an airport in Moscow as the coronavirus crisis deepens.
Christopher Miller
This Shocking Video Shows Workers Being Sprayed With Unknown Chemicals During A Coronavirus Lockdown
Footage shared with BuzzFeed News shows workers at an uptown residential neighborhood in Mumbai being sprayed to “disinfect” them.
Nishita Jha
Put Makeup On. Wear Tight Clothes. Speak Like A Cartoon Cat: How Women Are Being Told To Behave Around Their Husbands Under Lockdown.
The official lockdown advice from Malaysia’s women’s ministry — to wear makeup and avoid sarcasm — was ridiculed online.
Nishita Jha
This Charity Set People On Their Feet For Years. In The Coronavirus Outbreak, Old Clients Are Returning.
Many refugees and asylum seekers are losing their jobs, but aren’t eligible for welfare. How are they meant to live?
Hannah Ryan
The Townspeople Went Inside To Shelter. Then The Goats Arrived.
"Everybody loves the goats, but they make an awful mess," one resident told BuzzFeed News.
Emmanuel Felton
Even The US Is Doing More Coronavirus Tests Than The UK. Here Are The Reasons Why.
The British government keeps saying it's "ramping up testing", but it now lacks both testing kits and dedicated lab capacity thanks to its original strategy to tackle the pandemic.
Alex Wickham
Mexico’s President Shook A 92-Year-Old Woman’s Hand. Not Just Any Woman — She's The Mother Of El Chapo.
Surely everyone knows better than to shake the hand of the 92-year-old mother of the world's most infamous drug lord?
Karla Zabludovsky
15 Photos That Show How Deserted Airplanes And Airports Are Right Now
It's deserted out there.
Farrah Penn
Chinese Propaganda Is Trying To Paint The Country As A Leader In Coronavirus Response
“China’s larger strategic goals, under which all of this rolls up, are to convince the world and make the world feel comfortable in China’s ascendancy.”
Jane Lytvynenko
These Gut-Wrenching Photos Show What Happens When A Coronavirus Lockdown Backfires
A lockdown in India that aimed to mitigate the spread of the virus has left huge numbers of people with no other choice but to walk hundreds of miles home in large groups.
Nishita Jha
This Indian State Wants People In Coronavirus Quarantine To Send Them Selfies Every Hour
The app that sends the selfies will also send GPS coordinates so that officials can verify the person’s location.
Pranav Dixit
Almost Everyone Is Taking The Coronavirus Seriously. Apart From The Country Where Even The Soccer League Hasn’t Been Suspended.
“It’s better to die standing on your feet than to live on your knees,” said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, before a hockey game last week.
Christopher Miller
