Coronavirus news

How unequal has the global coronavirus vaccine rollout been?
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Do COVID-19 booster shots in rich countries put the world at risk?
U.N. chief grades world on vaccine rollout: 'F in Ethics'
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Coronavirus vaccine inequality
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Generation COVID: How young people are bouncing back
Germany to end quarantine pay for those without vaccinations
Biden pledges new vaccine donations in bid to rally global pandemi
World leaders return to U.N. with focus on pandemic, climate
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Can my employer make me get a COVID-19 vaccine?
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Countries making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory
EU's chief executive warns against 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'
WHO-backed vaccine hub for Africa to copy Moderna COVID-19 shot
How will US vaccine mandate impact workers, companies?
U.S. presses Facebook, Amazon on curbing vaccine misinformation
Send vaccines to Africa and ditch unproven third shot, AU says
With pandemic rebound, Latin America's working mothers fall behind
Singapore to ease COVID-19 restrictions for migrant workers
India evictions during COVID-19 a 'human rights crisis'
All aboard! Thai bus brings vaccines to Bangkok's vulnerable
Florida teachers on edge as mask war, COVID mark school return
COVID disruption causing many TB, AIDS deaths in poorest countries
Is Britain's insurance hike unfair for Black and Asian workers?
Climate groups call for COP26 summit delay over vaccines, costs
In Buenos Aires downtown, a city seeks new post-pandemic life
Vietnam's biggest city proposes economic restart
Thailand makes COVID-19 protective gear out of upcycled bottles
Brazil's Bolsonaro signs law that could break vaccine patents
South African train brings COVID-19 vaccines closer to people
White House calls for 'urgent' action to prevent evictions
More Canadian businesses will embrace vaccine mandates for workers
Vaccine inequity is Achilles' heel of COVID response in Americas
U.N. sees massive drop in COVID vaccinations in Afghanistan
Indian states preparing for next COVID wave focus on children
Southeast Asia needs vaccines to curb record deaths: Red Cross
U.S. FDA authorizes COVID-19 boosters for the immunocompromised
ANALYSIS-Debt in a warm climate: coronavirus and carbon set scene ...
'Ticket to work': Indian state brings vaccines to migrant workers
FDA working to allow boosters for vulnerable people-CDC director
New Zealand eyes opening up to vaccinated travellers in early 2022
Bangladesh starts COVID-19 vaccine drive for Rohingya refugees
Protesters march in France for fourth weekend over COVID-19 pass
U.S. nurses' COVID-19 grief pours out online
Japan warns of unprecedented COVID spread as cases hit new record
China's Wuhan to test all 12 million residents after variant found
Coronavirus to lock India's women out of workforce for years
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Cash, cars, and other vaccine incentives around the world
Sunseekers enjoy European summer 'workcation' before office return
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About our Coronavirus coverage

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

Opinion

Taibat Lawanson University of Lagos

OPINION: COVID-19 and repeat evictions in Lagos’ slums

There are over 100 slum and squatter settlements in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos. We visited five such communities as part of a Prindex study on land and housing rights, speaking to countless residents who have been repeatedly forced from their homes.
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

In Depth

Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years
Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps
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ANALYSIS - Viable plan or security theatre? Europe embraces digital health pass
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'COVID is a wake-up call': Black entrepreneurs aim to level playing field

Editor's Picks

Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19
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