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What are antibody tests and can they get the world back to work?
Antibody testing is being hailed as the key to easing the coronavirus lockdown. But will it?
Here's what lockdown looks like around the world
The World Health Organization is giving advice and warnings over the easing of coronavirus lockdowns, as countries seek to get businesses and industries going again.
The EU looks towards green coronavirus recovery
European politicians, companies, lawmakers and activists are calling for green investment to restart growth after the coronavirus pandemic.
9 popular myths doing the rounds in Africa about the coronavirus - debunked
From drinking black tea to African immunity, some of the most prevalent coronavirus myths debunked.
Danish parents are refusing to send their children back to school as COVID-19 lockdown lifts
Denmark has started to ease its coronavirus lockdown, by re-opening schools. But concern over a second wave of infections means parents are keeping children at home instead.
COVID-19 could bring about a migration crisis. Here's how we can avoid it
Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Shahidul Haque says refugees stand to lose the most in the coronavirus pandemic - and urges international collaboration.
COVID-19: Asia-Pacific region to expect its lowest growth since 1960s
The IMF expects growth in Asia to stall at zero percent in 2020 - the worst performance in 60 years. Chang Yong Rhee, Director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department, outlines policy me...
Coronavirus: Online dating has seen a surge in activity in India since the lockdown
Since India went into lockdown in March to tackle COVID-19, there's been a 26% increase on conversations of the platform OkCupid.
This is how smart city technology can be used to tell if social distancing is working
Researchers from the University of Newcastle have developed an urban data dashboard to understand if social distancing is being followed - and effective.
Flattening the climate curve in the post-COVID world
We must learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the threat of climate change, writes Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation.
Smallpox – the only infectious disease we've ever eradicated
The ancient disease was one of the world’s most feared until it was wiped out by a coordinated global vaccination programme. Here's how it happened.
These locked-down cities are being reclaimed by animals
With much of the planet’s human population on lockdown, wildlife takes to the streets: goats in Wales, boar in Barcelona and hungry monkeys in Thailand.