The coronavirus pandemic has shown that human societies really can transform overnight. Four experts explain why now is the time to make systemic economic change permanent.

Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , and Kate Raworth · Project Syndicate 25 Mar 2020

Global Economic Imbalances

Flattening the COVID-19 Curve in Developing Countries

The problem for most of the Global South is that policymakers lack fiscal space even in the best of times.

Ricardo Hausmann · Project Syndicate 24 Mar 2020

COVID-19

Hospitals made from shipping containers could help tackle COVID-19

The mobile units are designed to be as quick as a tent to put up, but as safe as a hospital with biocontainment.

Josephine Moulds 24 Mar 2020

COVID-19

A virology expert answers key questions on COVID-19

Belgian virologist Guido Vanham explains COVID-19's origins, its behaviour and its future.

Maria Epifanova 24 Mar 2020

COVID-19

How are companies responding to the coronavirus crisis?

The dramatic spread of COVID-19 has disrupted lives, livelihoods, communities and businesses worldwide. Here's how some are fighting back.

Katie Clift and Alexander Court 23 Mar 2020

COVID-19

People with mild or no symptoms could be spreading COVID-19

Covert cases could represent around 60% of infections, suggesting total lockdown is needed to control the disease.

Josephine Moulds 23 Mar 2020

COVID-19

'You are not invincible' - the WHO’s message to young people on coronavirus

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned young people to avoid unnecessary socialising, as they are also vulnerable to COVID-19.

Stephanie Nebehay · Reuters 21 Mar 2020

COVID-19

Upward trajectory or flattening curve? This is how countries are faring with COVID-19 cases

The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be moving along a similar upward trajectory. Johns Hopkins University says that case counts in the U.S. and Germany are growing at similar rates since hitti...

Katharina Buchholz · Statista 21 Mar 2020

COVID-19

Introducing World vs Virus, a World Economic Forum Podcast

In the first episode of a new podcast on COVID-19, the economist Nouriel Roubini explains why the economic impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus will be different than anything we have seen ...

Linda Lacina 20 Mar 2020

COVID-19

Two experts explain what other viruses can teach us about COVID-19 – and what they can’t

From how it compares to SARS and MERS, to whether warmer weather in the northern hemisphere will have any impact on transmission, two experts explain some of the facts we do know – and wh...

Kate Whiting 20 Mar 2020

Global Risks

Superbugs, coronavirus - and what it will take to stop the next pandemic

Read an extract from Dr. Matt McCarthy's book "Superbugs: The Race to stop an Epidemic".

Matt McCarthy 20 Mar 2020

Global Health

Social distancing: What it is and why it’s the best tool we have to fight the coronavirus

Public health officials from governments around the world are advising everyone, especially those most vulnerable to infection, to self-isolate or practice social distancing. So what is it?

Thomas Perls · The Conversation 20 Mar 2020

COVID-19

The Spanish flu and the global impact of the largest influenza pandemic in history

The Spanish Flu was the largest influenza pandemic in history, it has long served as a warning to prepare for outbreaks, such as COVID-19 coronavirus.

Max Roser · Our World in Data 20 Mar 2020

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