Coronavirus outbreak

Members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force load emergency relief aid bound for Tonga to a ship in Kure, near Hiroshima, western Japan, 24 January, 2022. The Pacific archipelago nation of Tonga is in lockdown after detecting its first community transmission of Covid-19, which appears to have been brought in by aid workers delivering supplies of fresh water and medicine after last month's volcanic eruption and tsunami. Photo: Shingo Nishizume/Kyodo News via AP
World+Biz

Aid reaching disaster-hit Tonga brings first virus outbreak

There is growing concern that their precarious health care systems might quickly become overburdened, and that the remoteness that once protected them may now make them difficult to help

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Coronavirus chronicle

US sets global record of over 1 mn daily Covid-19 cases

April is the cruelest month in Bangladesh
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

April is the cruelest month in Bangladesh

A staff member holds a QR code for the "LeaveHomeSafe" Covid-19 contact-tracing app to consumers at a restaurant, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, China February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

Hong Kong sees rush for burner phones as government pushes contact-tracing app

Sourav Banerjee.
Thoughts

The twin battle against the epidemic and infodemic

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Coronavirus chronicle

First international, Chinese expert meeting on virus origin: WHO

Cardboard figures of Chinese President Xi Jinping, wearing a face mask, and U.S. President Donald Trump stand in front of a souvenir shop in Moscow on June 3. Photo: Getty Images/Foreign Policy
Panorama

The rise of the Covid dictatorships

Mahde Hassan.
Thoughts

The gifts of Covid-19

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

When the virus leaves but its damage lingers

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

A struggle even after the lockdown

Doctor handling patients
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

From clueless to confident: Six months of handling Covid-19 patients

Covid-19 may turn lethal anytime: Obaidul
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Covid-19 may turn lethal anytime: Obaidul

The 2.5-month cumulative data of the IEDCR point to a gradual decline in infections and a growth in people’s immunity as bodies generate antibodies against the virus. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Economy

Covid-19: Women bear the economic brunt the most