Covid

A woman wearing protective mask walks at a sidewalk near business district in Jakarta, Indonesia March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/Files
Coronavirus chronicle

Indonesia to drop outdoor mask mandate as Covid-19 infections drop

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, May 17, 2022, in this photo released May 18, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

N Korean leader slams officials' 'immaturity' in response to Covid outbreak

Two women hug at a closed street during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai achieves 'zero Covid' status but normal life is weeks away

People wearing protective face masks commute amid concerns over the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pyongyang, North Korea March 30, 2020, in this photo released by Kyodo. Picture taken March 30, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

N Korea mobilises army, steps up tracing amid Covid wave

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Thoughts

How to revive the pre-Covid teaching environment in educational institutions

Beijing’s regulatory crackdown cost tech companies as much as $2 trillion of market value. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

How useful is big tech in a Covid lockdown, really?

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk amid concerns over the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pyongyang, North Korea May 15, 2020, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

N Korea reports first Covid-19 outbreak, orders lockdown

A traveller receives a test for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a pre-departure testing facility, as countries react to the new coronavirus Omicron variant, outside the international terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, 29 November, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Analysis

Test, test, test? Scientists question costly mass Covid checks

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

No death from Covid for 18 days straight

Zero death from Covid for 15th consecutive day
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Zero death from Covid for 15th consecutive day

A person presenting with symptoms gets tested for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a drive up testing center in Columbus, Ohio, US, 2 December, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid's new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection, study says

A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site inside a residential compound under lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang
Global Economy

New tests to decide Shanghai reopening as Beijing stocks up

A Covid-19 patient is being carried to hospital in Europe. Photo: UNB
Coronavirus chronicle

Nearly 80% of EU's population estimated to have been infected with Covid