You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world…

VOA Reporter Adam Phillips lives in the heart of New York City, the epicenter of COVID-19 in the U.S. He survived lung cancer which he contracted after inhaling contaminated air from debris following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Adam, who is…