Coronavirus news

The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19
Cambodia's cyclos bring meals to virus-hit Phnom Penh
How to persuade people to wear masks
News Package
Coronavirus vaccine inequality
In Depth
Generation COVID: How young people are bouncing back
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Africa demands local production of COVID vaccines
Anger over COVID rules gives new impetus to France's Yellow Vests
'Pingdemic' grips Britain as fears of food shortages grow
More than half of Australia's population under COVID-19 lockdowns
France broadens use of COVID-19 health pass, slashes fines
Women hardest-hit in pandemic job market, U.N. labour body says
African countries to receive first U.S. donated COVID-19 vaccines
African countries call for $100 billion pandemic boost
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England unmasked: What to know as face mask law lifts
Sharp-eyed grandmothers combat looting and crime in South Africa
French health workers furious about COVID vaccine order
Death toll from Iraq COVID hospital fire rises as anger mounts
TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation
Tunisian garment workers fight for unpaid wages in pandemic
WHO says rich countries should not order COVID-19 boosters
Chinese drugmakers to give over half a billion vaccines to COVAX
Virus variants threaten global recovery, G20 warns
Robots to card cutouts: possible replacements for Olympic crowds
COVAX aims to deliver 520 mln vaccine doses to Africa this year
Abu Dhabi's lightning-fast COVID-19 scanners raise privacy fears
Excluding women from top jobs threatens COVID-19 recovery - U.N.
Indian cities tap into pandemic cycling trend
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Cash, cars, and other vaccine incentives around the world
Overwhelmed Indonesian coffin maker issues COVID-19 warning
Ivory Coast sends mobile clinics to speed up COVID vaccinations
Indonesian bikers brave COVID-19 surge to escort ambulances
Brazilians demonstrate against Bolsonaro, slow vaccine rollout
Italy breaks up fake EU COVID pass schemes
Evicted by Cambodia, ethnic Vietnamese stuck at watery border
U.S. extends CDC eviction ban by one month. Here's what to know.
Africa to get U.S. COVID shots next week as cases surge
Coronavirus digital health passports: What you need to know
As Thai tourist island reopens, small businesses say left behind
COVID tests, vaccine tourism: What's new for 2021 summer travel?
Unequal access to vaccines skews global recovery- IMF economist
Fears COVID could reach Alice Springs Indigenous groups
Germany to ease rules on gay and bisexual men donating blood
EU airlines, airports warn of digital COVID certificate chaos
Greece offers its young people cash and data to get COVID shots
Groups urge G20 to adopt Brady-style debt-for-climate swap
Virtual and in-person Pride marches step off in New York
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About our Coronavirus coverage

We show how coronavirus is impacting the lives of vulnerable people globally.

Opinion

Koketso Moeti Activist

How COVID-19 helped diminish online civic spaces

The COVID-19 crisis underscored the importance of online public spaces, but it also helped shut it down, criminalise dissent and diminish freedoms
Maximo Torero Cullen Food and Agriculture Organization

COVID-19 imperils rural areas but, with help, farmers can recover

Governments must refocus their energies on rural communities. Deploying broadband technologies is a cost-effective way to reduce the digital divide and inequality
Esther Ngumbi University of Illinois

Time is ripe for African countries to grow their urban agriculture

As COVID-19 strains urban food systems, cities can innovate to grow more locally and provide jobs for young people
Giuseppe Sala, Virginia Raggi ... Urban20

Why G20 leaders must put cities at the heart of recovery plans

Urban areas are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 and climate crises. Now G20 leaders must listen and learn from them

In Depth

Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps
analysis
ANALYSIS - Viable plan or security theatre? Europe embraces digital health pass
insight
'COVID is a wake-up call': Black entrepreneurs aim to level playing field
Fear, mistrust fuel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among UK ethnic minorities

Editor's Picks

South Africans battle to bridge digital divide in COVID-19 vaccination race
'Lifeline' tech helps poor rural women get through India's COVID-19 crisis
Endangered lungs: Forest fire smoke threatens COVID-recovering Amazon communities
U.S. cities put trust in community hubs to counter climate, social shocks