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What my Korean American mother — who knew there would be a coronavirus crisis...

When American individualism is scarier than the lack of protective gear. My first eye...

One reason caregivers are wearing trash bags: A U.S. firm had to recall 9...

Cardinal Health withdrew the gowns just before the pandemic because a Chinese supplier failed to sterilize them properly. The recall has...

China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases (BBC)

The virus is thought to have originated in a seafood market in Wuhan that "conducted illegal transactions of wild animals"...

Coronavirus fight in Africa is an “existential war for the continent” (CBS News)

London — The head of the main public health body for the African Union, Africa CDC, has told CBS News that the coronavirus epidemic is...

G-20 prepares coronavirus rescue package for Africa (Politico)

Africa has been less badly hit by the crisis so far than Europe and Asia, but the impact is projected to...

Is Australia flattening the coronavirus curve? Look at the charts (The Guardian)

Some experts express qualified optimism that the country is seeing positive statistics. The growth in new coronavirus...

Pandemic could push 11 million people in Asia into poverty, World Bank warns (CNN)

Hong Kong (CNN Business) -- The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could drive an additional 11 million people into poverty in...

Four lessons the U.S. should learn from Italy’s coronavirus mistakes (Vox)

Italy’s coronavirus response was horrible. The US needs to learn from it to avoid a repeat. The...
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German state financial minister kills himself over coronavirus ‘despair’ (NY Post)

A German state finance minister took his own life after expressing “despair” over how to handle the economic fallout from coronavirus, an...

A South Korean COVID-19 czar has useful advice for Trump (Wired)

...Min has been following the situation in the United States, where his daughter attends college. But he seemed surprised, and alarmed, by...
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