After Covid-19, the Big Apple will never be the same again


By AGENCY

New York is untypically quiet. Many museums closed, including The Met, during the outbreak. —Vanessa Carvalho/ZUMA Wire/dpa

When Laila Said left her New York flat in mid-March, she took with her just a small suitcase. “I thought I was leaving for a week or so, ” she says.

Now, she’s pretty sure she will never be back.

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