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As the Covid-19 death toll nears 100,000 victims in the United States, The New York Times listed 1,000 people’s names on its front page in May 24 edition. The newspaper’s first two pages display a sprawling list of obituaries that represent only 1% of the nearly 100,000 deaths. The entries list victims’ names, ages, where they were from and sometimes their job, a hobby they enjoyed or a fact about them. “Numbers alone cannot possibly measure the impact of the coronavirus on America, whether it is the numbers of patients treated, jobs interrupted or lives cut short. As the country nears a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths attributed to the virus, The New York Times scoured obituaries and death notices of the victims. The 1,000 people here reflect just 1 percent of of the...

Zororo Makamba ‑ a Zimbabwean journalist and the son of Irene and James Makamba – died on 23 March 2020 due to COVID‑19. Makamba posted commentary on Zimbabwean politics and society online under the heading "State of the Nation", and hosted current affairs programs on ZiFM Stereo and M-Net television affiliate Zambezi Magic. He had myasthenia gravis, a neuroskeletomuscular autoimmune disease, and underwent surgery to remove a thymoma gland tumour in November 2019. He was diagnosed on 21 March 2020 with COVID-19, twelve days after returning from New York City and five days after going to a doctor with a cough and fever. He died in Harare two days later, the first death in the country due to the disease.

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The New York Times’ tribute to US victims of Covid-19

Zororo Makamba, journalist