In Italy, officials used helicopters, drones and stepped-up police checks to make sure people don’t slip out of their homes over the holiday. On Thursday alone, police stopped some 300,000 people around Italy to ensure they had permission to travel. About 10,000 were issued summonses.Some churches held virtual services online, while others arranged prayers at drive-in theatres.
More than 7,000 people have died in New York, accounting for about 40% of the U.S. death toll of more than 16,700. As weeks of lockdowns were extended in nation after nation, governments were pressed to ease restrictions on key businesses and industries. In the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, people desperate for food stampeded, pushing through a gate at a district office in the Kibera slum. Police fired tear gas, injuring several people.
COVIDIOTS 🇺🇸
Tanking the economy to save a few lives is not worth it. GetBackToWork
Is it time for a global reassessment of maintained values?
100k spanning over months, out of 7.8 billion people. How many causes of death have taken more lives within that timespan?