7 Instances Of Kindness During Coronavirus Outbreak That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity

Pictures and videos of people emptying supermarket shelves or arguing over packets of toilet rolls can paint a bleak picture of the coronavirus outbreak.

But, on the other side, there are people who are doing their best to make these trying times easier with kindness.

WHO officials have said 'we are in it together' and even the smallest acts of help can go a long way in making people feel better. There are a handful of examples of the way people have stepped up to care for each other and practice kindness amid the pandemic.

1. Kerala Medical Store Gives Away Face Masks For Rs 2

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In the wake of the growing crisis, one shop in Kerala amped up its efforts to make masks easily affordable. According to The New Indian Express, a distributor of surgical items in Kerala has been distributing face masks to high-risk groups at the original rate of Rs 2. With the growing demand of face masks, the original price tag which was Rs 2 a piece soared to Rs 20, but this store decided to stick to the original costing and has so far sold nearly 5000 masks.

2. Sikhs Help The Elderly In Self-Isolation By Giving Them Free Food

The Sikh community, known for their philanthropy have once again stepped in to help people in dire need.

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Sikhs in Slough, UK have come up with Mobile Food Support for the elderly & isolated & are Providing FREE HEALTHY & NUTRITIOUS essentials to help them! Pls share! #COVID©`19mx #CoronavirusOutbreak #Sikh pic.twitter.com/l0kqpATzk9

¡ª Harjinder Singh Kukreja (@SinghLions) March 17, 2020

In the UK, the Sikh community decided to help elderly people with free nutritious food and are delivering it to their houses in a bid to help others combat the pandemic.

3. Amid shortages in Italy, volunteers 3D-printed life-saving valves for patients

In the wake of the rapidly multiplying cases of coronavirus patients, the staff at a hospital in Italy realised they were running out of valves for ventilators needed by those most severely affected by COVID-19.

Complimenti a Cristian Fracassi, @temporelli73 e tutte le persone che lo hanno aiutato nella impresa di stampare in 3d le valvole mancanti per i respiratori dell'Ospedale di Chiari a Brescia.
(qui l'articolo completo https://t.co/QYZu6x9X1T) #SolidarietaDigitale #iorestoacasa pic.twitter.com/dF3G2RJY8S

¡ª Paola Pisano (@PaolaPisano_Min) March 15, 2020

That's when a local startup stepped up and managed to get to the hospital to manufacture the valves using 3D-printing. The valve which was officially manufactured by a medical device manufacturer costs about Rs 8,16,722 while the replica which the volunteers made costs only about Rs 74. It helped save the lives of 10 coronavirus patients.

4. A woman helped an elderly couple get groceries

In a Twitter thread, a young woman explained how she helped purchase groceries for an elderly couple that was afraid to enter a grocery store.

I went to the grocery store this afternoon. As I was walking in I heard a woman yell to me from her car. I walked over and found an elderly woman and her husband. She cracked her window open a bit more, and explained to me nearly in tears that they are afraid to go in the store.

¡ª Rebecca Mehra (@rebecca_mehra) March 12, 2020

'I know it¡¯s a time of hysteria and nerves, but offer to help anyone you can. Not everyone has people to turn to,' Rebecca Mehra wrote her post.

I bought the groceries and placed them in her trunk, and gave her back the change. She told me she had been sitting in the car for nearly 45 min before I had arrived, waiting to ask the right person for help.

¡ª Rebecca Mehra (@rebecca_mehra) March 12, 2020

5. Singapore Couple Give Away 6,600 free masks

A Singaporean YouTuber Jennifer Le and her husband decided to help those in dire need. According to reports, back in February, they ordered 6,600 face masks from Vietnam. It all started when Jennifer Le saw elderly people waiting hours in line outside pharmacies in Singapore to buy face masks, All the 6,600 masks they bought was distributed for free for those who needed them the most.

6. NBA Stars Are Helping Pay The Salaries Of Stadium Workers

The suspension of the NBA season due to coronavirus isn't just affecting players but also has a huge impact on stadium workers who get paid by the hour.

It¡¯s bigger than basketball! And during this tough time I want to help the people that make my life, my family¡¯s lives and my teammates lives easier. Me and my family pledge to donate $100,000 to the Fiserv Forum staff. We can get through this together! ??

¡ª Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) March 13, 2020

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Zion Williamson and Blake Griffin are just some of the players to publicly announce they're donating thousands of dollars to those employees missing out on pay.

7. Captain Of The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Was The Last To Leave

Here, Gennaro Arma is photographed finally leaving the ship after over a month after overseeing the final transfer of all passengers to either a hospital or quarantine facility.

'Captain Arma was courageous, sympathetic and carried himself with dignity and optimism for what was an unprecedented and unique situation,' passenger Aun Na Tan wrote in an Instagram post. 'Through the entire journey, he sought to bring light to our circumstances and strove to reassure us as much as he could.'