Other Current Issues - COVID-19

As the lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus in India continues, pollution levels across much of the country have dropped sharply. Now some residents in northern India say they can see the snow-capped Himalayas 200 kilometres away for the first time in 30 years.

Australia's carbon emissions from air travel could be slashed by 56 per cent during the coronavirus pandemic if planes remain grounded, according to a report released today.

The coronavirus is ravaging large parts of Europe, with Italy and Spain now the worst-hit countries in the world.

Australian travellers have unrealistic expectations of what our diplomatic network overseas can do to help citizens in difficulty and the coronavirus crisis has thrown that into sharp relief, writes Alex Oliver.

In a country where nurses are forced to use rice packets as gloves and laundry detergent as disinfectant, there is terror at the arrival of coronavirus

Dirty air increases risk of respiratory problems that can be fatal for coronavirus patients

Diseases passed from animals to humans are on the rise, as the world continues to see unprecedented destruction of wild habitats by human activity. Scientists suggest that degraded habitats may encourage more rapid evolutionary processes and diversification of diseases, as pathogens spread easily to livestock and humans.

Pandemics have always shaped cities – and from increased surveillance to ‘de-densification’ to new community activism, Covid-19 is doing it already

How long does coronavirus survive on surfaces? We asked two infectious disease researchers: https://bit.ly/2UoIRUd

Scientists are tracing the path of Sars-CoV-2 from a wild animal host – but we also need to look at the part played in the outbreak by industrial food production