Charity group Oxfam has warned that urgent and dramatic action needs to be taken to prevent more than 500 million people falling into poverty due to the COVID-19 crisis.
As President Trump said he would withhold U.S. payments to the WHO at a press conference yesterday before seemingly backtracking, what countries contribute the most financially to the organization?
Statistics from Chicago show that African Americans have accounted for 69% of all COVID-19-related deaths in the city despite comprising 30% of its population.
While the debate about coronabonds and Europe’s economic recovery continue, the financial situation has somewhat overshadowed the story of how German hospitals are relieving pressure on neighboring countries.
One of the most worrying aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the manner in which some of the world’s best health systems have been paralyzed and overwhelmed by the virus.
Even though the U.S. is pushing to test more people for COVID-19, it still lags behind the rest of the world in the number of tests carried out per million inhabitants.
South Korea has experienced one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks outside China but moves to conduct widespread early testing appear to be stabilizing the situation.
Even though recoveries outpaced new coronavirus infections for the first time on February 19th, new outbreaks in South Korea, Italy and Iran suggest the world is approaching a tipping point in its attempt to contain it.