The United States is by far the country with the most coronavirus patients, almost half a million. A third of the cases are concentrated in New York. The great city of more than 8 and a half million inhabitants alone adds more patients ...See moreThe United States is by far the country with the most coronavirus patients, almost half a million. A third of the cases are concentrated in New York. The great city of more than 8 and a half million inhabitants alone adds more patients than any other nation in the world. The crippling of the world's largest economy is having a devastating effect on a society with few safety nets. In the last three weeks, 16 million jobs have been lost, a figure never seen before: in the two worst years of the last recession, half were lost. 'Weekly report analyzes' the coronavirus crisis in the first world power with special attention to its largest urban center. The New York correspondent team tells how the coronavirus is exacerbating inequalities in a city famous for its contrasts.
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