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World 5 years ago
'Chasing the virus': How India's largest slum beat back a pandemic
When coronavirus claimed its first victim in India's largest slum in April, many feared the disease would turn its narrow, congested streets into a graveyard, with social distancing or contact tracing all but impossible.
World 5 years ago
Health workers, slum dwellers face housing bias as lockdowns lift
The easing of coronavirus lockdowns in cities around the world could lead to a rise in evictions of slum dwellers, housing experts warned on Wednesday, with healthcare workers and migrants also facing difficulties finding homes.
City 5 years ago
COVID-19 creeps into Jakarta's kampungs
Jakarta is home to some 10 million people, many of whom live in adjoined, cramped houses or in informal settlements with shared toilets. These densely populated areas of the city are known as kampungs. As residents of these neighborhoods have almost no private space, they have a high risk of catching and spreading COVID-19, which has infected 5,195 and killed 453 in the city so far.
