pandemic

Giant solar "trees" help the Sustainability Pavilion generate energy as well as providing shade. Photo :BBC
Middle East

UAE: Why the world’s 3rd Covid resilient country is safe to travel amid pandemic

Due to the pandemic, its most populous city, Dubai, has also transformed itself from a global tourism hub into one more invested in its own community

Already wastewater surveillance has provided authorities with a picture of rising Omicron rates. Photo: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Where will we find the next covid outbreak? Check the sewers

Workers stand on a deck onboard a semi-submersible accommodation, built and developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd.’s deep water technology group, in Singapore, in 2016.Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg
Analysis

Singapore’s industrial champions are rewriting their playbook

China’s economy is in for more pain as virus cases persist
Analysis

China’s economy is in for more pain as virus cases persist

J. Bradford DeLong. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Pessimism amid progress

A healthcare worker delivers Covid-19 test results in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 6.(Bloomberg Photo)
Coronavirus chronicle

Can recovered Covid-19 patients be reinfected with Omicron? Here's what WHO says

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Coronavirus chronicle

Milder Omicron ‘evolutionary mistake’, next variant may be more virulent: expert

Ina Fassbenderafp Via Getty Images/Project Syndicate
Analysis

Why the pandemic might not boost inequality

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World+Biz

CES tech fair opens under pandemic shadow

People wait in line outside a community vaccination centre administering the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Hong Kong, on Tuesday.(Bloomberg Photo)
Coronavirus chronicle

New Covid-19 variant 'IHU' discovered in France, is more infectious than Omicron

Economist Zahid Hussain. Illustration: TBS
Analysis

How have the economic recoveries shaped up?

Illustration: TBS
Supplement

Travelling will continue to be difficult next year

Dr M Mushtuq Husain. Illustration: TBS
Supplement

Covid-19 will have less impact in 2022