First responders return to front lines amid COVID risk
The article follows police, firefighters, paramedics, and corrections officers who contract and recover from COVID-19 while resuming duties. It highlights Deputy Ravin Washington in Harris County and Paramedic Alex Tull in New York, detailing illness, quarantine, and the fear of reinfection as they reengage on patrol, EMS calls, and the jail.
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Houston
Ravin Washington
Risk
Washington
Tull
Aurora
Ill
Kristen Ziman
Ziman
Alex Tull
EMS
Bronx
New York
John Minchillo
THE
Associated Press
Funeral of Zulu king mourned in silence due to COVID
In New Orleans Larry Hammond, king of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, died of COVID-19. Only 10 family members could attend his funeral, with hundreds of mourners limited from the service. A motorcade later honored him on his lawn as the community mourned amid pandemic restrictions.
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New Orleans
Larry Arthur Hammond
Lillian Hammond
Hammond
King of the Zulu Social Aid and
Air Force
Omega Psi Phi
Larry
Jay H. Banks
Louisiana
State Public Health Department
Larry Hammond
Banks
Boyd Funeral Home
Gerald Herbert
THE
Associated Press
Virus spreads through Latin America's prisons
Latin America's crowded prisons face a growing coronavirus surge led by Chile's Puente Alto outbreak with 300 plus cases among 1,100 inmates. Across the region, inmates fear contagion as sanitation lapses, limited soap and water, and crowded blocks heighten risk, while deaths, escapes, and hunger strikes push calls for inmate releases and safer conditions.
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Santiago
Chile
Latin America
Puente Alto
Ximena Graniffo
Peru
Dominican Republic
la Victoria
Puerto Rio
Department of Corrections
U.S
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
Human Rights Watch
Haiti
Bolivia
Guatemala
U.N. Human Rights High
Michelle Bachelet
Senate
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