Reopening schools is not enough. Access to water, sanitation and hygiene services are essential. The abuse and violence suffered by minors during the pandemic must also be ended. Ibis Frade While some countries in the world are announcing or preparing the return to school for children, the United […]
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Migration crisis at its worst point
While countries like Hungary are reinforcing border security and refusing to admit foreigners, others like Greece, Italy and Malta find themselves having to bear the brunt of the crisis and migrants continue to be abandoned at sea. The pandemic exacerbates the tragedy.
Covid vaccine: optimism and caution
There is clearly a lot of money at stake in the race to end this disease – which to date has infected more than 29 million people and claimed the lives of almost 900,000 – and whoever develops the vaccine first, wins. This week Cuba begins clinical trials of Soberana […]
No lockdown, a questionable decision
When the other countries shut down and put economic and social activities on pause in March and April, Sweden kept schools, bars and restaurants open, appealing to individual responsibility. But this decision is now taking its toll. Luisa Maria Gonzalez The fatality rate of Covid-19 in Sweden is […]
Brexit, Covid and migration on the EU’s desk
European Union (EU) leaders are now picking up again an agenda full of challenges, among them the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the ratification of the seven-year budget and the negotiations with the United Kingdom over Brexit.
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