How People and Businesses Adapt to the COVID-19 Epidemic




 

The Complete Covid-19 Articles

These series of headlines show how the human spirit can rise above the challenges of the epidemic.

Similar to a body adjusting its immune system to fight an infection, the people and businesses who adapt are the ones who will survive.

Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus- AP

Workers lost their jobs, parents came up with impromptu home lesson plans for children kept home from shuttered schools. Families fretted over dwindling retirement accounts, the health of elderly parents, and every cough and sneeze in their midst.

Cooped up by Covid-19, millions in China discover the joy of cooking

Stuck at home because of China’s tough measures to rein in the spread of a coronavirus, millions of people are discovering an unexpected interest in cooking, with restaurants closed nationwide.

Viewers flocking to regular broadcasts by chefs like Zhang, to learn how to make Chinese and Western dishes, are driving up sales of baking and roasting equipment, and even egg-beaters, on e-commerce platforms JD.com and Pinduoduo.

Masked against COVID-19, Shanghai’s Ballet Dancers Pirouette and Plie – CNA

SHANGHAI: Ten ballet dancers train at a barre, straightening their lithe limbs and standing on their toes to the accompaniment of a classical pianist.

This could be any regular day at the Shanghai Ballet Company – one of China’s top troupes, founded in 1979 – except that everyone in the room is wearing a mask due to COVID-19.

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Shanghai Ballet dancers wearing masks practice in a dance studio in Shanghai, China. (Photo: Reuters/Aly Song)

China Deploys Agricultural Robots And Drones To Fight Virus Outbreak – Zerohedge

China is using robots and drones to spray disinfectants and to monitor neighborhoods.

Coronavirus a boon for China’s tech-savvy supermarkets as homebound customers switch to online grocery orders – SCMP.

  • Supermarket chains that have been actively improving their e-commerce services have reaped the rewards as people opt for home delivery
  • Products such as fresh food that were previously sold overwhelmingly offline have seen huge rise in online orders during the health crisis

Virus-hit China turns to live-streaming for revenue, to keep fans happy and to beat boredom – SCMP.

While the fortunes of a multitude of industries including travel, dining and transport have nosedived following the Covid-19 outbreak, live-streaming, like online shopping and other internet-based businesses, has enjoyed a spectacular boom.

Singing, dancing, cooking, playing video games, exercising and even sleeping is live-streamed.

Live in the time of Coronavirus: Sleeping man, Farmers ride wave of streaming popularity in China – SCMP

One man made money streaming his sleep, while farmers facing trouble selling produce through traditional means are hawking their goods online instead

DIY coronavirus protection: Hong Kongers making own masks amid shortages – CNA

“I found the material – my handkerchief, and some non-woven fabric – and I combined them and used some wire for the top, and some elastic,” she told AFP, declining to give her surname.

A colourful array of cloth masks hangs outside many of the cramped storefronts as shoppers haggle over the din of whirring sewing machines.

Elase Wong, a tailor, said she was giving away her face mask sewing design. “Some people couldn’t buy any masks … So if they can make them themselves, that would be great,” she told AFP. “I hope everyone can achieve self-sufficiency.”

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(Photo: AFP/Isaac Lawrence)

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