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Sports Stars as Health Advocates: Wall Street Journal

Ben Cohen and Joshua Robinson March 22, 2020
As the coronavirus outbreak turned into a global health emergency, sports stars play a role in advocating for public sanitation practices over social media with their millions of followers. Basketball player Stephen Curry, with 14 million Twitter followers and nearly 30 million Instagram followers, reminded his followers to wash hands with soap and water and embrace “social distancing.” His video...

Nations Try to Contain COVID-19 Economic Damage: DW

Kate Martyr and Ankita Mukhopadhyay March 21, 2020
Cities have imposed lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19, disrupting and even stalling economic activity. Advanced economies simultaneously address both health and economic crises, providing funding to develop and test treatments and vaccines while ensuring liquidity for banks and companies through credit and tax measures. The goal: Keep markets liquid and tradable. Some countries like...

COVID-19 Advice Is Difficult for Some Nations: BBC

Swaminathan Natarajan March 20, 2020
One out of seven people around the world, about 30 percent of the world’s urban population, lives in close quarters with minimal access to ventilation, sewage facilities or clean water, all of which help prevent spread of disease. Writing for BBC News, Swaminathan Natarajan describes a family of eight living in a one-room home with no running water, electricity or waste collection. Soap is a...

COVID-19 Tests World Image: New Statesman

Jeremy Cliffe March 18, 2020
Many nations view their citizens as resilient during times of crisis, capable of putting the best minds to work and and enduring sacrifices for the common good. The challenge during the COVID-19 crisis is convincing citizens to self-isolate, avoiding infections and overwhelming health systems – even as the cure imposes severe damage to local and national economies. “Around the world as in Britain...

COVID-19 Not Globalization Crisis: Financial Times

Robert Armstrong March 18, 2020
Global and community leaders most understand the nature of the COVID-19 crisis to develop effective strategies. The crisis calls for global cooperation rather than competition. People may pursue fewer person-to-person connections, but will still rely on global communications and data on best practices. “The virus has revealed the hidden costs and fragility of global supply chains, triggering a ‘...

Anxious About COVID-19? Yale Medicine

Colleen Moriarty March 17, 2020
COVID-19 emerged in November, soon spreading throughout China and the world, disrupting home and business routines. Citizens are naturally anxious about a disease that can be fatal for those over age 65 and others with compromised immune systems. People will do best to remain calm as they plan for disruptions that could last weeks or months, explains Yale Medicine infectious disease specialist...

Second Wave of COVID-19 Cases: WSJ

Liza Lin and Joyu Wang March 17, 2020
China reports a slowing of COVID-19 with strict quarantine measures. Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong, which share strong ties with China, reported infections early on, yet relied on less rigid measures and now report new waves of infections, assumed to be from incoming travelers. "We are not safe in any place until everyone all over the world is safe," explained Paul Anatharajah Tambyah...