the virus that divided New York – RT en français

New York, the city with the largest number of Covid cases in the world. From Manhattan to Brownsville, RT correspondent Konstantin Rojkov paints a portrait of a megalopolis facing the worst threat in its history.

By the summer of 2020, the Covid-19 had already killed around 150,000 people in the United States – three times more than the number of deaths during the Vietnam War in ten years on the American side. It is an enemy of a different nature, but it is also a war, and America is losing it.

In this city where the ultra-rich and the ultra-poor rub shoulders, the Covid seems to make the difference and not hit everyone in the same way. Something is wrong, and Konstantin Rojkov went there to figure out what.

Examining how the coronavirus engulfed the U.S. economy and healthcare system, RT takes you to meet hopeless homeless people, overwhelmed funeral home staff, activists who don’t give up their causes despite the virus, and former Covid patients who are now facing exorbitant bills.

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