The CEO and president of the American Hospital Association says members are losing billions due to the cost of treating COVID-19, the rise in uninsured and loss of revenue from elective procedures.
Many Lyft and Uber drivers have given up on driving, because they aren't making enough money to take the risk of potentially exposing themselves to the coronavirus. Jerome Gage is still at it.
Cemeteries and hospitals are overwhelmed by a surge in fatalities, most of which are not registered in official COVID-19 statistics because of a lack of testing and bureaucratic delays.
Andrea Owens-White is a florist in Albany, Ga., in one of the hardest hardest hit areas of the coronavirus pandemic. Owens-White, who tested positive for COVID-19, was forced to file for unemployment.
Ohio is reporting that more than 3,700 inmates tested positive for COVID-19 — nearly 2,000 of them at the same prison. But inmates say they do not get to know the results of their tests.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has announced that some businesses, including tattoo parlors, will be allowed to reopen this week. Now, tattoo artists like Shaun Beaudry are considering going back to work.
A housecleaner, Jonny, has lost his job due to the pandemic and is cleaning a grocery store now. He talks about what it has been like to be kept from the work which he says he loves very much.
The number of coronavirus cases is rising at an alarming rate in Russia, particularly in smaller cities — many of which lack even the basic resources to deal with the crisis.
Reopening the economy requires contemplating the trade-off between lives and money. Government agencies are already used to putting dollar values on human life when considering safety regulations.