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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.
More than 100,000 people have recovered from COVID-19
More than 100,000 people have now recovered successfully from the virus.
Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 over coronavirus concerns
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe asked for the Games to be postponed for one year.
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.
From perfume to hand sanitiser, TVs to face masks: how companies are changing track to fight COVID-19
From perfume to hand sanitiser, TVs to face masks, companies around the world are repurposing their production lines to help save lives and livelihoods.
This is how cities are helping homeless people self-isolate
Homeless people are one of the groups at greatest risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19. Here's how governments around the world, from France to the U.K. are helping to protect this...
Coronavirus: US unemployment rate could hit 30%
COVID-19 could see unemployment rise to levels higher than the Great Depression, with GDP falling by 50%.
Coronavirus forces nearly one third of Americans to stay home
8 U.S. states have enforced stay-at-home measures for their citizens, meaning more than 100 million Americans are under orders to stop the spread of COVID-19.
UK lockdown put in place to protect the NHS during COVID-19
Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered people to stay at home, shops to close and an end to all social gatherings in a bid to protect the NHS from being overwhelmed.
How China’s COVID-19 recovery could bolster its global influence
China is sending coronavirus-related aid abroad in a display of soft power that could hasten a tipping of geopolitical scales in its favor, experts argue.
Indians are fleeing to the countryside as work dries up, bringing fears of further infections
India's coronavirus measures are leaving little work for citizens, forcing many to return to their countryside homes with family.
What would Roosevelt do? How the US should respond to COVID-19
The US needs to mobilize its resources, support its home workers and provide emergency cash services for those in need, writes economist Pavlina Tcherneva.