THREAD: The World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. One year later, people around the globe are looking back on that day, reflecting on their lives now, and thinking ahead to what their reality might be next year.http://apne.ws/pa97jr0
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One year ago, few could have anticipated what the pandemic would bring: the deaths, the ruined economies, disrupted lives and near-universal loneliness and isolation. A year later, some dream of a return to normal. Others live in places where normal still seems out of reach.
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On March 11, 2020, confirmed cases of COVID-19 stood at 125,000 worldwide, and reported deaths stood at fewer than 5,000. Today, 117 million people are confirmed to have been infected globally, and more than 2.6 million people have died.http://apne.ws/rc9FV5p
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On that day, the NBA suspended its season. Tom Hanks announced he was infected. President Trump, addressing the nation from the Oval Office, announced European travel restrictions. Airports soon flooded with unmasked crowds. For much of the world, it was just the beginning.
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Latoria Glenn-Carr’s wife died in bed, three days after they were both diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent home from a Detroit-area emergency room. “I woke up on Sunday, and I didn’t feel a pulse.” Her mother died a month later. “Nothing goes back to the way it was."
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Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest countries, has received about 700,000 vaccine doses for 30 million people. Domestic worker Alice Nharre wonders when it will be her turn. “Maybe, it’s for doctors, and the big people. For us, the little people, we don’t know,” she shrugged.
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Darelyn Maldonao expected to be out of school for one week. “I didn’t think that it would take years.” The now-12-year-old has not been back in a classroom since, and has struggled. “I don’t have very many friends anymore.”http://apne.ws/h7Tt07j
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