More than half of all corona cases in the United States have been diagnosed in New York. The hospitals are completely overwhelmed.
Eerie silence replaces the horns and sirens in the street canyons of Manhattan. The tourists are no longer crowding over the Brooklyn Bridge. Customers stay away from the Fifth Avenue boutiques. Times Square is empty. The messages from the health authorities, urging people to keep their distance, mingle with the neon signs.
But keeping social distance is difficult in a city where more than 10,000 people live in one square kilometer. Since Mayor Bill …
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