Communities come together to help people affected by coronavirus

See how everyday heroes help those affected by the COVID-19 outbreak

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Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor
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1/20
Members of a local Vietnamese Facebook group make masks to donate to nearby hospitals and clinics, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Kati Barnett’s home in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
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2/20
Adolfo Lettieri, owner of a family-run tapestry shop, creates homemade masks that are distributed free to people who line up outside their small shop, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Tuscan city of Grosseto, Italy.
Reuters
3/20
Khai Nguyen and Nguyen Nguyen arrive with 150 masks that they made at home, as they and others from a local Vietnamese Facebook make masks to donate to nearby hospitals and clinics, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Kati Barnett’s home in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Reuters
4/20
Milan Varga, the owner of a pizzeria, delivers a free pizza for people in self-isolation, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Budapest, Hungary.
Reuters
5/20
Dr. Eileen Bulger, Chief of Trauma at Harborview Medical Center, gives a thumbs up to Chef Danny Conkling of The London Plane restaurant as he serves hundreds of free meals to healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Reuters
6/20
Romina Stawowy checks a protective mask, sewed for a children's hospital, free of charge, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Dresden, Germany.
Reuters
7/20
A customer picks up a bag of free pastries from the worker-owned Arizmendi bakery in the morning after the cooperative voted to temporarily shut its doors during day one of the citywide shelter in place order amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Francisco, California, U.S.
Reuters
8/20
A staff member from a sanitizing company distributes free hand sanitizer to worshippers during Friday prayers outside al Husseini mosque in downtown Amman, Jordan.
Reuters
9/20
Sara Morris and Sierra Brown assemble face shields as they and other volunteers meet an urgent need of local hospitals for personal protective equipment, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Providence Health and Services corporate offices in Renton, Washington, U.S.
Reuters
10/20
Volunteers sort apples at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in San Francisco, California, U.S.
Reuters
11/20
Co-owners of Sprout, Jenny Kelly and Michael Kelly, sort through food to give away from their restaurant's refrigerator that will otherwise spoil while the restaurant is closed, as authorities restrict all dining inside restaurants due to reports of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the area, in Seattle, Washington, U.S
Reuters
12/20
A volunteer wearing protective face mask and gloves stands next to bags during the food distribution organized by the Sant'Egidio Community at San Gaudenzio parish during the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, Italy.
Reuters
13/20
Rahim, a volunteer at the St. Stephen Outreach, carries food donations as he prepares to hand out food in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
AP
14/20
A volunteer hands over bags with food and drinks to a local resident after the city administration initiated the delivery of food to low-income seniors amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Reuters
15/20
Community organizer Henry Liu of InterIm Community Development Association delivers individual bags of free groceries to seniors in the Chinatown-International District during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Reuters
16/20
Iris Wang, Henry Liu and Eliza Guan from InterIm Community Development Association separate groceries into individual bags to deliver to seniors for free at Uwajimaya supermarket in the Chinatown-International District during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Reuters
17/20
A volunteer from the Italian Red Cross delivers medicines to people who cannot leave their home in Castiglione della Pescaia, while Italy is fighting a coronavirus outbreak in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy.
Reuters
18/20
A screen shows footage being recording of one of Smart Fit gym's workout classes to do at home, which will be released free to view on their website, YouTube and social media sites, as the gym suspends training sessions as a protective measure to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Reuters
19/20
Volunteers hand out free groceries at a drive-by aid station providing food, lunches and breakfasts to families and children during the global rise of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, at Enos Garcia Elementary School in Taos, New Mexico, U.S.
Reuters
20/20
People donate blood after appeals from hospitals and the Italian government for blood donations to help treat coronavirus patients, at an Italian Red Cross centre, in Rome, Italy.
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