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Friday, 17 April 2020


Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government has a three-stage prescription for restarting normal life in America.

On This Day in American History

On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean after the crew and NASA engineers surmounted what seemed like impossible odds in a story that captivated the entire planet. The mission started off well, but when the spacecraft was over 200,000 miles from Earth, an oxygen tank exploded during a routine check, all but crippling the spacecraft. NASA decided the best way back to earth was to slingshot around the moon. During the trip back, the crew of astronauts, James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert and Fred W. Haise, endured freezing temperatures, limited power, shortage of water and toxic levels of carbon dioxide. Many consider the safe return of Apollo 13 one of NASA’s finest moments. The saga was made into a movie in 1995.

VIDEO: As countries around the world cope with the coronavirus outbreak, Venezuela is among those considered unprepared to deal with the potentially devastating impact of the pandemic. The top hospital in the capital of Caracas lacks almost everything to care for patients, a situation that has existed for some years because of the country’s ongoing political, economic and humanitarian crisis.

VIDEO: An outbreak of dengue fever last year in Pakistan, in which 75 people died and tens of thousands of others were infected, prompted an age-old debate in the country over whether herbal treatments are more effective than modern medicine.


VIDEO: The lockdown and quarantine brought by the rapid spread of the coronavirus has changed the lives of millions of people worldwide. Flights and hotels have been canceled, together with exhibits, performances and movies. Yet one California couple decided even the pandemic couldn’t make them postpone their wedding. So they moved the big event online.

Vietnamese-American women in and around Seattle are sewing face masks for health care workers who face a shortage of protective equipment in Washington state, where the first U.S. case of COVID-19 was confirmed in January.

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