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Activists help minority communities during pandemic A New York City teacher who had been fighting COVID-19 for over a month has died, her sister and the school where she taught said this week. Rana Zoe Mungin, 30, was denied access to a coronavirus test two times before eventually being diagnosed, according to her family, who believes race…

Rana Zoe Mungin lost her battle with COVID-19 after a month-long fight.April 29, 2020, 12:39 AM7 min read A beloved 30-year-old middle school social studies teacher from Brooklyn has died of COVID-19 following a month-long battle, after twice being turned away for testing before eventually being diagnosed with the virus. Rana Zoe Mungin, who had…

"Right here, we are doing it alone," Cobble Hill Health Center CEO Donny Tuchman shouted Monday to cheering neighbors outside the nursing home in Brooklyn, New York. "These people right here," he said, pointing to the line of the health care staff members in full protective gear who'd walked out of the facility to accept…

At least 55 residents of a New York City nursing home have died after a coronavirus outbreak crippled the facility as the death toll at care facilities in the US hits 8,000.Experts have repeatedly said that the virus is the most deadliest to the elderly population. Across the nation, nursing homes have been significantly impacted…

New York Daily News | Apr 19, 2020 | 12:04 PM A Brooklyn barber shop was busted by cops for hosting an underground party with over 50 revelers in defiance of coronavirus social distancing rules, police said. Cops arrived at eNVee Barbershop on Avenue L near 87th St. in Canarsie just after 10 p.m. to…