Coornavirus

Coornavirus

Andrew Sheng, left, and Xiao Geng, right. Illustration: TBS

How much has the pandemic cost?

Economists measure policy options and their consequences in terms of monetary costs or GDP. But the dilemma policymakers have faced since the outset of the pandemic is fundamentally a moral one,...

A Police officer with people in Trafalgar Square, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain, May 3, 2020/ Reuters

England's 'freedom day' marred by soaring cases and isolation chaos

The vaccine allegedly "stimulates broad antibody and T cell functions Photo: Medical Xpress

Science says it's safe, but some in France don't trust AstraZeneca vaccine

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a busy westbound platform during an evening of signal failures at Earls Court tube station in London, Britain, January 2, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

Coronavirus spurred changes to global workforce to be permanent

A Police officer with people in Trafalgar Square, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain, May 3, 2020/ Reuters

Hospital and case numbers in England surpass the first peak, despite lockdowns

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020/Reuters

Coronavirus symptoms can last much longer than initially thought, experts say

Containing the new wave will be a mammoth task. Photo: Reuters

Back to square one: Countries grapple with second wave

Migrant workers and their families, who had left during a lockdown, walk at a platform after they returned from their home state of Uttar Pradesh, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Ahmedabad, India July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave

India's coronavirus cases cross 600,000 amid easing of lockdowns

Security Council adopts resolution backing UN humanitarian ceasefire call

Security Council adopts resolution backing UN humanitarian ceasefire call

People wearing protective face masks to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus wait to cross a street in Beijing.AP Photo

Don't politicise pandemic: WHO chief

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a mask is seen walking up steps to Westminster Bridge, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in London, Britain, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

UK Covid-19 death toll rises to nearly 50,000

US President Donald Trump/Reuters

One of Trump's personal valets tests Covid-19 positive

79 arrested for spreading rumour over Covid-19

79 arrested for spreading rumour over Covid-19