Recent polls have the prime minister’s approval ratings topping 80 or 90 percent. But the economic devastation from the coronavirus has yet to be reckoned with.
Tag: Epidemics
Why Are Women-Led Nations Doing Better With Covid-19?
A new leadership style offers promise for a new era of global threats.
From ‘Respect’ to ‘Sick and Twisted’: How Coronavirus Hit U.S.-China Ties
A sharp escalation of tensions over the handling of the pandemic has raised the specter of a new Cold War.
Australia Is Returning to Normal. What Does That Mean?
As countries begin lifting restrictions one by one, what does normal look like when life has already unquestionably changed?
Coronavirus Lockdown May Spur Surge in Mental Illness, U.N. Warns
Childhood disease may also soar as the pandemic claims millions of indirect victims by blocking access to medical care.
Coronavirus in Wuhan: Inside China’s Plan to Test 11 Million People
The Chinese city’s goal is unrivaled in scale. But a top expert has questioned the need for it, given the low number of infections.
Child Deaths and Mental Illness Will Surge Amid Coronavirus, U.N. Warns: Live Coverage
The pandemic will claim millions of indirect victims, the U.N. says, by blocking vaccinations and other medical care. Studies show how far away “herd immunity” is, even in hard-hit countries.
Low-Tech Way to Help Some Covid Patients: Flip Them Over
Turning ventilated patients onto their stomachs, called proning, helps them by opening their lungs. Now doctors are testing to see if it can keep others off ventilators altogether.
Where Bats Are Still on the Menu, if No Longer the Best Seller
Indonesia’s wildlife markets are “like a cafeteria for animal pathogens,” but they have resisted efforts to close even as China has shut its own markets over coronavirus fears.
R Number in Germany: Are Three Days Over 1.0 Cause for Worry?
Chancellor Angela Merkel last month made 1.0 sound like a line in the sand for the country’s R0 variable. But that has changed, along with the circumstances.