Worrisome numbers for the coronavirus crisis
Cemetery workers place a coffin, containing the body of a 52-year old woman who died of the coronavirus disease, into a grave at the San Rafael cemetery, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 19, 2020.
The weather’s getting nice, summer is around the corner and economies around the globe are starting to re-open after months of pandemic lockdown. All sounds pretty good, except for one thing: the COVID-19 numbers. They’re not good at all. And, in Canada, the western province of British Columbia was already battling a major health crisis when the coronavirus emerged: that of skyrocketing overdose deaths. Concerns mounted that these dueling emergencies, compounded, could fuel an even bigger problem. Also, a Dutch nursing home has constructed a glass cabin in their back garden so elderly residents can meet safely with friends and family, while separated by panes of glass.
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