Thread by @risj_oxford, Here's a thread with a selection of great journalism on #COVIDー19 published [...]

Here's a thread with a selection of great journalism on #COVIDー19 published this week worldwide. Please share and feel free to add suggestions at the end #Covid_19

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@OhTimehin explains at @The_Corres why social distancing won't work for Nigerians
https://thecorrespondent.com/378/why-social-distancing-wont-work-for-us/50043118356-4fbed697

Here's a thread with a selection of great journalism on #COVIDー19 published this week worldwide. Please share and feel free to add suggestions at the end #Covid_191. @OhTimehin explains at @The_Corres why social distancing won't work for Nigerians https://thecorrespondent.com/378/why-social-distancing-wont-work-for-us/50043118356-4fbed697

"In Lagos, daily power cuts are normal... Sourcing water is arduous and expensive, so people are unlikely to prioritise frequent hand-washing. Public transportation consists mostly of privately owned vehicles in which intense proximity is inevitable" https://thecorrespondent.com/378/why-social-distancing-wont-work-for-us/50043118356-4fbed697

Why social distancing won’t work for us

Keep a distance from each other. Work from home. Or rely on a social safety net. The measures against the coronavirus pandemic are made by and for those parts of the world that can afford to retreat...

https://thecorrespondent.com/378/why-social-distancing-wont-work-for-us/50043118356-4fbed697

At immigration detention camps across the US, unrest is growing as detainees warn that dirty conditions and a disturbing lack of soap could allow coronavirus to run rampant, report @nachoaguilar from @texastribune & @Perla_Trevizo from @propublica https://www.propublica.org/article/as-coronavirus-infections-spread-so-have-clashes-between-ice-detainees-and-guards

As Coronavirus Infections Spread, So Have Clashes Between ICE Detainees and Guards — ProPublica

At ICE detention camps across the country, unrest is growing as detainees warn that dirty conditions and a disturbing lack of soap and other supplies could allow coronavirus to run rampant.

https://www.propublica.org/article/as-coronavirus-infections-spread-so-have-clashes-between-ice-detainees-and-guards

Czech news site @Aktualnecz mapped the route of hundreds of thousands of masks confiscated by the Czech police last week. They ended up in the hands of a Czech reseller, who then tried to sell them to the Czech government for an excessive price https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/confiscated-face-masks-imported-by-an-influential-representa/r~560650326f6611ea842f0cc47ab5f122/

Confiscated face masks imported by an influential Chinese representative in Czechia

Hundreds of thousands of masks imported by Zhou Lingjian ended up in the hands of a Czech reseller who tried to sell them to the government.

https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/confiscated-face-masks-imported-by-an-influential-representa/r~560650326f6611ea842f0cc47ab5f122/

Who are our dead? Local newspaper in Tuscany honors the many lives cut short by #COVID19.

"Our dead are not only numbers. They are people", writes editor @fbrancoli here
https://iltirreno.gelocal.it/regione/toscana/2020/03/25/news/la-costruzione-di-una-nuova-memoria-1.38636267

Front page in this tweet https://twitter.com/iltirreno/status/1244157354498838529?s=20

"As India enters 21-day lockdown, the transgender community will be pushed further to the margins," @anniebanerji reports at @scroll_in. "Most of them make a living on the streets and don’t have the privilege to move to online spaces." https://scroll.in/article/957204/as-india-enters-21-day-lockdown-the-transgender-community-will-be-pushed-further-to-the-margins

As India enters 21-day lockdown, the transgender community will be pushed further to the margins

Most of them make a living on the streets and don’t have the privilege to move to online spaces.

https://scroll.in/article/957204/as-india-enters-21-day-lockdown-the-transgender-community-will-be-pushed-further-to-the-margins

@dailymaverick's @Poplak on lockdown in South Africa

"Even in more established townships, the phenomenon of backyard shacks means that people are jammed into dense areas where diseases thrive. Three weeks is an eternity under such conditions" https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-25-locked-loaded-south-africa-enters-the-age-of-corona/

Trainspotter: Locked & Loaded – South Africa enters the Age of Corona

South Africans will on Thursday at midnight enter the witching hour locked in their homes for a period of at least 21 days. But ‘home’ in one of the world’s most unequal societies is a mutable term —...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-25-locked-loaded-south-africa-enters-the-age-of-corona/

Inside the Wuhan lockdown. An exclusive interview at @Storyhunter with a prominent Chinese freelance filmmaker who's worked for Western news organisations. It provides a glimpse to life in the birthplace of the pandemic https://blog.storyhunter.com/inside-the-wuhan-lockdown-17398d88e5b6

Inside The Wuhan Lockdown

To halt the spread of the coronavirus, the Chinese government put the city of Wuhan on lockdown. 11 million people were forced to stay…

https://blog.storyhunter.com/inside-the-wuhan-lockdown-17398d88e5b6

Misinformation, hoaxes, and snake oil cures have all been rampant online since the outbreak of the coronavirus. @BuzzFeedNews's @JaneLytv is keeping a running list of debunked stories in this link https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/coronavirus-fake-news-disinformation-rumors-hoaxes

Here's A Running List Of The Latest Hoaxes Spreading About The Coronavirus

Misinformation, hoaxes, and snake oil cures have all been rampant online since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/coronavirus-fake-news-disinformation-rumors-hoaxes

Clinical psychologist @BarnwellGarret explains at @Bhekisisa_MG how the outbreak can affect mental health

"We cannot avoid suffering and we’re not guaranteed happiness in difficult times, but there are small acts of purpose to be found" https://bhekisisa.org/opinion/2020-03-23-coronavirus-south-africa-mental-health-support-how-to-cope-social-solidarity-covid19/

The coronavirus outbreak & mental health: What you need to know – Bhekisisa

Find out what South Africa's coronavirus outbreak means for your mental health and why comfort may be closer than you think.

https://bhekisisa.org/opinion/2020-03-23-coronavirus-south-africa-mental-health-support-how-to-cope-social-solidarity-covid19/

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Thousands of casual Bollywood workers have been left jobless after shoots were suspended to tackle coronavirus, @Rolionaroll reports for @TRF

"There are more than 500,000 Bollywood workers on daily wages and most now face an uncertain future" http://news.trust.org/item/20200323091426-ael6v/

Coronavirus halts Bollywood filming, puts spotlight on workers

Thousands of casual Bollywood workers have been left jobless after shoots were suspended to tackle coronavirus

http://news.trust.org/item/20200323091426-ael6v/

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"Spain purchased 640,000 tests, which arrived on Monday, but four Madrid hospitals that used them found that the tests gave back negative results on patients who were known positives", @elenasevillano & @anaalfageme report for @el_pais https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-03-27/unreliability-of-new-tests-delays-effort-to-slow-coronavirus-spread-in-spain.html

Unreliability of new tests delays effort to slow coronavirus spread in Spain

Health officials say the material was bought from a Chinese company that met EU criteria, but China says the manufacturer did not have an official license to sell its products

https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-03-27/unreliability-of-new-tests-delays-effort-to-slow-coronavirus-spread-in-spain.html

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An important investigation from @propublica's @jeffykao & Mia Shuang Li

"Our research tracked how the government-linked influence accounts that had targeted political dissidents and the HK protests turned their focus to the coronavirus outbreak" https://www.propublica.org/article/how-china-built-a-twitter-propaganda-machine-then-let-it-loose-on-coronavirus

How China Built a Twitter Propaganda Machine Then Let It Loose on Coronavirus — ProPublica

ProPublica analyzed thousands of fake and hijacked Twitter accounts to understand how covert Chinese propaganda spreads around the globe.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-china-built-a-twitter-propaganda-machine-then-let-it-loose-on-coronavirus

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The most-read story in Washington Post history explains how an outbreak like coronavirus spreads and what it takes to “flatten the curve.”

Graphics reporter @Harry_Stevens explains in this video how he created it https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/showing-how-a-disease-spreads--how-to-be-a-journalist-covering-coronavirus/2020/03/24/5e528e53-acd8-47b3-b00e-f7f1ae64f931_video.html

Showing how a disease spreads | How to be a journalist covering coronavirus

The most-read story in Washington Post history explains how an outbreak like coronavirus spreads and what it takes to “flatten the curve.” Graphics reporter Harry Stevens created a simple way to...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/showing-how-a-disease-spreads--how-to-be-a-journalist-covering-coronavirus/2020/03/24/5e528e53-acd8-47b3-b00e-f7f1ae64f931_video.html

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A long piece on the parallels between #COVID19 and 1918 influenza by @honigsbaum, who's been writing about pandemics for 15 years.

"How deadly the outbreak will prove to be, no one can yet say but the echoes of 1918 are growing louder by the hour" https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/03/17/a-once-in-a-century-pathogen-the-1918-pandemic-this-one/

The 1918 Pandemic and Coronavirus | Daily

What we can learn from the Spanish flu.

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/03/17/a-once-in-a-century-pathogen-the-1918-pandemic-this-one/

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