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Has corona changed urban life for good?

Former Whistling Thorn School in Dagoretti North, Nairobi that was turned into residential rooms following the closure of educational institutions due to Covid-19. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Downtowns are deserted and happy hour is history as a second coronavirus wave hits cities from London to Kuala Lumpur, leaving futurologists predicting which changes to urban living are here to stay in a post-viral world.

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