In photos: Daily life one year on from WHO's pandemic declaration
10 March 2021
This Thursday marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
The big picture: Coronavirus vaccine rollouts are accelerating in the U.S. and elsewhere. The WHO remains concerned about disparities, with rich countries snapping up doses. The pandemic has had a huge economic impact globally, after much of the world locked down. Governments have provided relief packages and are looking to reopen safely.
People check electronic tickets on mobile phones at a movie theatre on March 9, as the New York City movie theatre reopens following a yearlong closure due to the pandemic. Photo: Liao Pan/China News Service via Getty Images
Healthcare workers look after a homeless coronavirus patient in a hotel room in Prague's four-star King Charles Boutique hotel on March 8. Once a destination for international travelers, the hotel has now opened its doors to the city's homeless who have COVID-19 or need to quarantine. Photo: Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images
People waiting for half an hour after receiving the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to see if they have any adverse reaction on the first day of the it being made available to residents in Athens, Ohio. Photo: Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Two women wearing kimonos wait on March 7 to attend a "coming-of-age" ceremony at DisneySea in Urayasu, Japan, which was postponed because of the pandemic. Photo: Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images
California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his third State of the State address virtually from an empty Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on March 9. Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Nesta Guinness-Walker of AFC Wimbledon in action against Burton Albion on March 9 in London, England. Government social distancing laws prohibit fans from being inside venues, resulting in games being played behind closed doors. Photo: Ashley Western/MB Media/Getty Images
More than two months after starting a world-leading COVID-19 vaccination campaign for its own citizens, Israel begins administering the Moderna vaccine to Palestinian laborers from the West Bank at the Meitar crossing checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel on March 9. Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images
Volunteers help a chef (c) from a nonprofit prepare food for students in need on March 9 as part of an intiative that helps the most vulnerable people while fighting against food waste in Paris, France. Photo: Stephane De Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images
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Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.