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Wuhan, the coronavirus and the world: Thinking beyond isolation
A motorcyclist rides across a bridge in Wuhan, China, in January 2020. The city as banned most vehicle use downtown…
Anti-Asian racism during coronavirus: How the language of disease produces hate and violence
A building damaged during anti-Asian riots in Vancouver in 1907. (UBC Archives, JCPC_ 36_017) Paula Larsson, University of Oxford Self-isolation.…
Coronavirus has sped up Canada's adoption of telemedicine. Let's make that change permanent.
Sunday, 05 April 2020 20:44 Written by theconversation Social distancing required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has led to a sharp increase in the use of…
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‘Infected nurse: I’m glad COVID-19 didn’t kill me’
Sunday, 05 April 2020 10:42 Written by THENATION May Toba, a Nigerian based in the United States is a nurse and a mother of two. She is a…
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‘We’re not guinea pigs’ – Drogba and Eto’o condemn Covid-19 test trials on Africans
African football legends, Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o, have condemned comments by two French doctors who have suggested that medical trials for COVID-19 vaccines should…
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No work, no money: how self-isolation due to COVID-19 pandemic punishes the poor in Indonesia
The spread of COVID-19 continues to unfold across the globe. More than 209,000 people in 168 countries have been infected.…
Coronavirus hits 50 countries in Africa as death figures rise to 284
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says there are now 7,028 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Is racism and bigotry in our DNA?
BLACKDAY/Shutterstock Tom Oliver, University of Reading Is bigotry in our DNA, a remnant of our fear of “the other” way…
