Fear is what has kept Canadian Nigyar Mamedovar anchored inside her New York City apartment rather than taking a short flight home to Toronto.
As the coronavirus pandemic has consumed the region just a 10-hour drive from the border, Mamedovar says the process of emerging from her neighbourhood to board a plane or rent a car to return to Canada seems like a risk to her health. “I’m really afraid to go back,” said Mamedovar. “I decided at this point in time, it’s safer to be where I am.
My concern is getting infected by the time I get on the plane.” New York City has emerged as one of the most severely impacted regions on earth by the COVID-19 pandemic.