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Rich countries have key role to play in bringing outbreak to a halt, says Wellcome Trust head
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The United States has reached 1 million COVID-19 deaths.
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The press conferences stopped. The roll call of the dead stopped. But the death didn’t stop. If anything, it accelerated
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemns inequality in vaccine rollout, saying less than one in 10 health workers in Africa are fully vaccinated
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How does a country dodge COVID-19? The list of countries that have been untouched by COVID-19 so far is small.
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What countries have not have Covid?
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India's government and parts of the media ignored warnings about a rising wave of cases, experts say.
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New infections passed 160,000 a day over the weekend, and vaccine shortages are being reported
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In 112 Days, filmmaker Alice Stephens explores the lives of eight people who had vastly different experiences during Melbourne's strict lockdown
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Worth keeping as a reminder Social and economic effects of a Hazard
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Whether trying to spare the economy was worth allowing the virus to rip through the country is a question Sweden is still trying to answer.
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Sweden is a really interesting case study on approaches to pandemics
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“The Covid patients who have suffered the most have been patients who have avoided coming to hospital because of the fear of getting the Covid-19 virus, therefore presenting much later, much sicker ... We got them at a time when they are frightened ... Some of them haven’t survived.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
It will be easy to forget how people felt at the worst of our transmission - hoping this was the worst
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A look at all the vaccines that have reached trials in humans.
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Vaccine development details - great article
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Conservationists worry the animals, which are vital food sources for many species along the U.S. East Coast, will decline in number.
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Excellentarticle on vaccine development and the environment - poor Horshoe Crabs
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Australia's COVID-19 response was bettered only by South Korea and Latvia, according to a new United Nations report. Just don't ask how we're doing on climate and sustainability.
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Look what happens when you believe the scientists.
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No other country will be able to buy remdesivir, which can help recovery from Covid-19, for next three months at least
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The whole question of equitable access to vaccination and medication is raised here...
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First major analysis examines impact across 185 countries since first jab was administered in December 2020
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Using an experimental mapping method, the outbreak of Covid-19 across the two states can be plotted from the start of the pandemic
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Please note - this is before Omicron
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Australia’s second-largest city’s strategy has left it economically and psychologically depressed after initially succeeding in reducing case numbers to zero
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Political scientist Dr Robert Muggah looks at the effects of the pandemic and national lockdowns.
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Late July as Delta became important
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Rich countries have key role to play in bringing outbreak to a halt, says Wellcome Trust head
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A handful of countries – most of them islands, most of them remote – remain coronavirus-free, but life has not remained wholly unchanged
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March 14, 2021 1:21 PM
Covid-19 has still not reached some places. Many of these places being Islands. Cooks Island was one of them, they only have 2 ventilators. Once to borders closed it hurt financially because tourists no longer would come.
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Progress on global health and the worldwide economy has regressed, Gates Foundation report finds.
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Impact of COVID on social and economic development.
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No matter what happens now, the virus will continue to circulate around the world.
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An important article to put COVID-19 in perspective
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WHO warns ‘no shortcuts out of pandemic’ as India, US and others fight rising infection rates
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A global surge - linked to opening up?
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World Health Organization Coronavirus disease situation dashboard presents official daily counts of COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide, while providing a hub to other resources. Interactive tools, including maps, epidemic curves and other charts and graphics, with downloadable data, allow users to track and explore the latest trends, numbers and statistics at global, regional and country levels.
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Excellent Data
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The prospects of elimination remain elusive but even with the current Victoria outbreak, Australia is maintaining a high number of tests per thousand people.
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Testing oc Cronavirus...
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It was a shock to see police surround our tower blocks. But I'm happy Victoria is helping us at last | Melbourne | The Guardian
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Lockdown - 1960's tower blocks - are they good living?
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