For 7 New Yorkers, a pandemic year s fight for the future
The Associated Press
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1of21Nicolae Hent sits for a portrait in his taxi outside a midtown Manhattan hotel, in New York on March 19, 2021. “Not an easy year to go through in 2020, Hent said. Hopefully, this one will be better, but God knows.”John Minchillo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21FILE - In this April 6, 2020, file photo, taxi driver Nicolae Hent cleans and disinfects his cab before starting work in New York. A taxi driver s job was already tougher in recent years with the arrival of ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The empty streets during the coronavirus pandemic have made things more difficult.Matt Rourke/APShow MoreShow Less
Polish hospitals struggle with surge of virus patients
RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI, Associated Press
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1of21A health worker carries medication inside the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Monday March 26, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Poland for a two-week period surrounding Easter in order to slow down the infection rate.Omar Marques/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21Paramedics arrive with a patient suffering from COVID-19 at the hospital in Bochnia, Poland, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Polish hospitals struggled over the Easter weekend with a massive number of people infected with COVID-19 following a huge surge in infections across Central and Eastern Europe in recent weeks. Tougher new pandemic restrictions were ordered in Pol