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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Economic uncertainty, Covid’s biggest threat
With 24 million people infected and more than 800,000 dead, the world will not return to normal, and the truth is, it shouldn’t. What’s certain is that the threat to economic growth will remain latent as long as the coronavirus exists. Ivette Fernández Faced with the prospect of […]
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 […]
Immigrants in Covid times: Robert Bes
The Coronavirus outbreak has completely changed the lives and the daily routine of millions across the world, and a Spanish migrant is among them. The way in which the British government has dealt with the pandemic so far made him feel unsafe, to the point that he decided to take […]
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 […]
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