New York lockdown extended to mid-June
Protesters are increasingly calling for businesses to reopen.
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Three weeks in April: Ambulance crew faces exhaustion, isolation and death
New York Times: A ex-photojournalist documented his life for his EMT crew during pandemic.
'Every parent's worst nightmare': Boy's death may have virus link
Dozens of other children in New York have fallen severely ill with similar symptoms.
Pandemic unleashing 'tsunami of hate'
'A tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering' has been unleashed.
15 funerals a day: Pace of death stuns Brooklyn Muslims
New York Times: In the last two months this funeral home has buried 200 people.
'This is not good': New Yorkers flock to parks
New Yorkers have descended on public spaces. But the backlash has been swift.
Horror as truck with 100 bodies inside discovered on New York street
A funeral home had resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks.
Jobless guides hope tourists will return for another bite of Big Apple
Roughly 300,000 people are employed by tourism in New York City.
One rich NY hospital got Warren Buffett's help. This one got duct tape
New York Times: The inequities of New York City's health care system are clear.
NY mayor breaks up rabbi's funeral, lashes out over virus distancing
New York Times: Hundreds of mourners who gathered for the funeral were sent home.
Haunted by Covid patient deaths: Hero doctor takes her own life
Grieving father says his daughter is another casualty of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Covid 19: Photos of a global pandemic
A week of images document the courage, the anguish and the sheer impact of Covid 19.
A 190kg tiger living in a New York apartment? Yes, it happened
New York Times: Before Tiger King, there was New York's infamous Tiger Man.
'I don't think the New York that we left will be back for some years'
New York Times: Features that made NY distinctive will take the longest to come back.
'Plague on a biblical scale': Hasidic families hit hard by virus
New York Times: Coronavirus hit Hasidic Jewish community in NY with devastating force.
Mayor blasts Trump: 'Are you telling New York to drop dead?'
Trump blasted by two high ranking officials in New York over his handling of the pandemic.
Kiwi doctor in NY witnesses 'full-blown catastrophe'
"There is a hospital set-up in Central Park right now. You would never dream of that."
London and New York residents urged to wear masks
London and New York residents are being told to cover their faces in public.
How Unorthodox captured one woman's flight from Hasidic Brooklyn
New York Times: Deborah Feldman left her ultra-Orthodox Jewish community for a new life.
The heartbreaking last texts of a hospital worker on the front lines
New York Times: Madhvi Aya worked long hours in the ER. Then she caught the virus herself.
Covid-19's worrying new milestone; New York residents ordered to wear face masks
More than 120,000 deaths have been recorded around the world.
What New York looks like now: A photo journey
New York Times: Makeshift morgues make the consequences of coronavirus unescapable.
Hope, and new life, in a New York maternity ward fighting Covid-19
New York Times: It's usually a unit full of hope. Amid the pandemic it's been transformed.
Doctors' concerns over high death rate with ventilators
Doctors are still learning the best way to manage a virus that emerged only months ago.
Harvey Weinstein out of isolation, facing new charge
Mogul faces fresh allegation of assault at Beverly Hills hotel.
Covid 19: 24 hours in the fight to save New York
Before the pandemic swept in, America's biggest, loudest city lived up to its own hype.
Shocking reality as New York deals with mounting death toll
New York City is burying up to 24 people a day as the coronavirus death toll mounts.
A tiger is slightly sick with coronavirus. Your cats are probably OK
New York Times: No evidence so far that pets can spread the virus to people.
Official counts understate the US coronavirus death toll
New York Times: Concerns of undercounting of people with coronavirus who have died.
Why did Helen Clark miss out on US support for top job?
Why did former PM Helen Clark miss out on the top UN job?
Coronavirus: More than 100,000 cases confirmed in New York as death toll surges
The US has reported over 250,000 cases of Covid-19 and over 6,500 deaths.
The 1000-Bed Comfort was supposed to aid New York. It has 20 patients
New York Times: Hospitals are overcrowded, but the ship sits empty.
'People are dying left and right': Inside NY's coronavirus battle
Telegraph: New York healthcare workers on what is happening at the US outbreak epicentre.