Coronavirus: Kind Canadians start 'caremongering' trend [bbc.]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 3/17/204:23 PM

By Tom Gerken, British Broadcasting Corporation, March 16, 2020

More than 35 Facebook groups have been set up in 72 hours to serve communities in places including Ottawa, Halifax and Annapolis County in Nova Scotia, with more than 30,000 members between them.

People are joining the groups to offer help to others within their communities, particularly those who are more at risk of health complications related to coronavirus.

The pandemic has led to acts of kindness around the world, from delivering soup to the elderly in the UK to an exercise class held for quarantined residents on their balconies in Spain.

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