International

  • Mar 27, 2020
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Virus testing will be key to lockdown exit strategies

Restrictions on movement slow down infections and allow government to develop ‘exit strategies’ that minimise deaths

International
  • Mar 26, 2020
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Cross-country COVID-19 policy datasets may aid leaders

Cross-country assessments of responses to the COVID-19 outbreak are proliferating to help nations learn from each other

International
  • Mar 26, 2020
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Agility will be key to UN’s COVID-19 humanitarian plan

A 2-billion-dollar plan aims to address the humanitarian impacts of the COVID-19 crisis

International
  • Mar 25, 2020
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Place-based economic policies see political resistance

Rising awareness of geographical inequality is drawing attention to place-based policymaking

International
  • Mar 24, 2020
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Immunity length will be key for COVID-19 outlook

The WHO yesterday said that countries need to implement extensive testing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic

International
  • Mar 24, 2020
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Services and industrial PMIs will plunge more in April

The flash euro-area services PMI fell to a record 22-year low of 28.4 in March; the Japanese and UK PMIs fell similarly

International
  • Mar 24, 2020
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Genetics contributes to rising regional inequalities

Across advanced economies, more places and their residents are being left behind when economic opportunities dwindle

International
  • Mar 23, 2020
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Tech may curb virus profiteering, not disinformation

Technology platforms have taken measures to tackle misinformation that has erupted around the COVID-19 outbreak

International