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Tag: Epidemics
Sugarcoating and Brutal Honesty: How Leaders Are Handling Coronavirus Crisis
The pandemic is a challenge not only for public health but also for messaging. Here’s how some world leaders have talked to their citizens about the outbreak.
China’s Aggressive Diplomacy Weakens Xi Jinping’s Global Standing
In the past week officials in France, Britain and nearly two dozen African nations have rebuked actions or statements by the Chinese government.
In Denmark, the Rarest of Sights: Classrooms Full of Students
Danish elementary schools have become the first in Europe to reopen after shutting down for the coronavirus. Our reporter visited one in southern Denmark, which could become a template for a post-lockdown world.
China Raises Coronavirus Death Toll by 50% in Wuhan
Officials facing skepticism about their credibility also bumped up their tally of infections in the city where the pandemic emerged.
France Weighs Using Digital Tracking in the Fight Against Coronavirus
The French are cautiously considering digital tracking, which has proved effective in Asia. But can a country that so prizes personal freedom and privacy ever accept it?
W.H.O. Warned Trump About Coronavirus Early and Often
The World Health Organization, always cautious, acted more forcefully and faster than many national governments. But President Trump has decided to cut off U.S. funding to the organization.
As Coronavirus Fades in China, Nationalism and Xenophobia Flare
Now that the pandemic is raging outside China’s borders, foreigners are being shunned, barred from public spaces and even evicted.
She Kept a Diary of China’s Coronavirus Epidemic. Now She Faces a Political Storm.
“If authors have any responsibilities in the face of disaster, the greatest of them is to bear witness.” Here are excerpts from the author Fang Fang’s controversial chronicle of life and death in Wuhan.
Worldwide Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 2 Million
As bleak a milestone in the pandemic as the new figures are, unconfirmed cases are believed to be far higher. More than 130,000 people have died from Covid-19.