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Coronavirus in New York and California: the two faces of the pandemic in the United States

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In the United States, the country that is now the global center of the coronavirus, the most punished city is the iconic New York.

The images of saturated hospitals and morgues show the devastating blow of the virus in the considered “capital of the world”.

Those who live in Manhattan tell of the strange sensations that the empty and silent streets of a city famous for its bustle provoke.

In New York State alone, more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed than in any other entire country. But this is in particular contrast to California, at the other end of the country, where the impact has been much less. Why?

In this video, Enric Botella talks with Gerardo Lissardy and Patricia Sulbarán, BBC Mundo correspondents in New York and Los Angeles, to explore the reasons for this contrast.

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