The Moscow Metro won’t be closing down because of the coronavirus outbreak (вспышка), the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, has promised. “The Metro is technologically designed in such a way that trains should run all the time, circulating (циркулировать) air, to ensure that all the networks are in good working order.” Read More in English in Russia…
A new Google Chrome extension (расширение) allows groups of friends to watch and comment on shows and movies together, a genius invention at a difficult time. You log in, share a viewing link with friends, choose one person to be in charge of picking what you watch and, as your chosen show plays out in the…
Six things you can do right at this moment (сейчас), along with some simple exercise equipment to get for your house. Read More in English in The New York Times.
From shoddy (некачественный) Wi-Fi to digital distractions (отвлекающий фактор), our tech can make remote (дистанционный) work miserable. Here’s how to overcome the problems. Read More in English in The New York Times.
Though it’s necessary to stay home and minimize (минимизировать) person-to-person contact during pandemic (пандемия), the inescapable (неизбежная) reality of “sheltering in place” (оставаться в укрытии) is: It’s boring. The trick is to defeat the dullness (скука). Read More in English in Wired.
The health effects of the Covid-19 outbreak have generally been milder on children but many unknowns (неизвестные факты) remain. Read More in English in The Guardian.
Take a walk. This is still okay, and even encouraged, so long as you are alone. Read More in English in New York magazine
Some changes experts expect to see in the coming months or years might feel unfamiliar or unsettling (вызывающие беспокойство): Will nations stay closed? Will touch become taboo (табу)? What will become of restaurants? Read More in English in Politico.
Now is the time to stay inside as much as possible and do your part to flatten the curve (нормализовать ситуацию), yet it’s equally important to give yourself a break from the news. Here are some suggestions from New Yorker writers and artists to ease the stress of isolation (изоляция). Read More in English in…
While many of us are already working from home at least part of the time, the new policies leave many employees — and their managers — working out of the office and separated (изолировать) from each other for the first time. Read More in English in the Harvard Business review