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COVID-19

Leaders around the globe are working to counter the growing impact from the coronavirus pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 is reaching every part of our society and news is changing quickly. Follow The World's reporting for the critical context you need and the important voices on the front lines.
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COVID-19
Here’s what to know about the new COVID variant ‘razor blade throat’
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Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Walking through COVID
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Sacred Spaces
‘Love you, then, well’: London’s National COVID Memorial Wall pays tribute to the country’s 240K lives lost to COVID-19
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parent holds child in doctor’s office
COVID-19
Why kids struggle with long COVID
Woman takes a picture of a sunset at a park.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Barcelona gets bombarded by selfie-taking tourists
The smaller floats impressed the audience because they were adorned with stunning tapestries, miniature trees, and beautiful figurines. Each float had a legendary story behind it. 
Culture
1,000-year-old Gion Matsuri festival resumes in Kyoto, Japan
Three families from Afghanistan prepare to board a boat in Necocli, Colombia, that will take them towards the border with Panama.
Immigration
Afghan families traverse most of Latin America to seek asylum at the US border
COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023.
COVID-19
Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says
A woman walks outside of a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport In Incheon, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2023. 
COVID-19
‘The pandemic is still with us’: The bumpy road to the end of COVID
The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center has amplified its social emotional learning curriculum for preschoolers facing pandemic-related challenges.
Education
Chinatown preschool helps families name pandemic-related feelings
As vaccination levels drop in Ghana, the threat of a measles outbreak looms.
Health & Medicine
‘Red alert for child health’: A nationwide vaccine shortage hits Ghana amid measles outbreak
a young man in a mask
COVID-19
Three years into the pandemic, mask usage varies from country to country
Graphic of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Free speech
China’s tech weapons roll in to quell demonstrations, identify protesters
White Sand beach on Boracay Island, in the Philippines.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The return of Chinese tourists restores hope in the Philippines’ tourism industry
Many Taipei residents visit the city's historic Dihua Street to buy goods for the Lunar New Year.
Culture
Taiwan and China celebrate Lunar New Year amid vastly different COVID levels
cat on a chair
Health & Medicine
Desperate pet owners turn to illegal drug markets to cure a rare cat virus 
Jorge Drexler poses in the press room with his Grammys at the 23rd annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Michelob Ultra Arena on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Las Vegas. 
Music
Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler wins big at Latin Grammy Awards
Anastasia, 3, is held by her mother, as she receives treatment at a schoolhouse that has been converted into a field hospital, in Mostyska, western Ukraine, Thursday, March 24, 2022.
Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is hampering efforts to stop a polio outbreak
Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. 
COVID-19
China’s small business owners hope for a new normal ‘after the Party Congress’
man waiting at airport
COVID-19
Taiwan reopens its borders after years of COVID controls
Nancy Rose, who contracted COVID-19 in 2021 and continues to exhibit long-haul symptoms including brain fog and memory difficulties, pauses while organizing her desk space, on Jan. 25, 2022, in Port Jefferson, New York.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Long COVID, the search for answers
A resident walks by shuttered Communication University of China in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022.
COVID-19
Thousands of foreign students enrolled in Chinese universities await permission to return
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, waves hello to the committee at the start of a House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
COVID-19
People shouldn’t put their guard down when it comes to COVID, Fauci says
A worker walks alongside the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant's array of digester eggs in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York
Health & Medicine
Why has polio emerged in the US, UK and Israel? A polio eradication expert weighs in.
busy market
West African countries adopt new strategies to encourage COVID-19 vaccination  
Protesters wield placards asking, "Mr. President, where is our money" at a recent protest against soaring food and fuel prices.
Business, Economics and Jobs
‘The country is on its knees’: Ghana seeks IMF bailout amid economic woes, teachers’ strike 
About one-third of the staff at the Stoneacre restaurants in Newport, Rhode Island, is from overseas.
Jobs
Hospitality industries in the US struggle to find workers, but international labor is ticking up
Ryanair strikers protest unfair working conditions, Barcelona, Spain.
Jobs
As summer travel kicks off in Europe, airline strikes could thwart holiday plans
A Posh Club performer leads club-goers in a conga-line.
Health
Dancing away the loneliness: In the UK, social prescriptions help fight isolation during the pandemic
President Joe Biden meets with the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the omicron variant in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 4, 2022
COVID-19
‘Hope is not a plan’: Dr. Atul Gawande says global COVID funding is dwindling but the crisis continues
Residents in a sealed-off Shanghai neighborhood receive bulk-ordered food supplies under the monitoring of health workers in hazmat suits
COVID-19
This Shanghai writer and translator shares his experience of the city’s 2-month lockdown
Asylum-seekers pray as part of a vigil following the court order mandating Title 42 remain in place on May 23, 2022.
Immigration
‘That news hit us like a bomb’: Asylum-seekers still in limbo after ruling to keep Title 42 intact
Eno Breathe class on Zoom
COVID-19
How opera techniques are helping people with long COVID breathe easier
A man tries to receive medicine he bought at a pharmacy through its closed glass doors in Shanghai, China, May 22, 2022.
COVID-19
Shanghai sees exodus as people flee China’s lockdown woes
A woman wearing a face mask rests on a bench at the green space barricaded with fences and tapes to prevent residents from gathering due to pandemic measures on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Beijing.
COVID-19
Shanghai’s unvaccinated elderly remain vulnerable under lockdown
Madeleine Wolczko, stranded on a ship in Shanghai during the COVID-19 lockdown, documents her experience.
COVID-19
Merchant mariners stranded on ships in Shanghai during COVID lockdown
A drone sprays insecticide near homes on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Brazil's health ministry launched a campaign to fight the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue, zika and chikungunya, diseases that can generate
Health & Medicine
Brazil’s public health workers race to tackle dengue surge
Delivery drivers in Shanghai have been the unsung heroes during a strict COVID-19 lockdown that kept millions indoors.
COVID-19
Shanghai’s delivery drivers — the unsung heroes of a long pandemic lockdown
Aimee Biba teaches a certified nursing assistant course at Portland Adult Education in Maine.
On Course
Despite flurry of efforts to recruit immigrants with medical experience, many remain sidelined 
Ruthie sits next to the natural toilet her owner made for her during the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China
COVID-19
Pet owners in Shanghai struggle to care for their animals during COVID lockdowns
A nurse prepares a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination at the Kiswa Health Center III in the Bugolobi neighborhood of Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. 
COVID-19
Why auto-disable syringes are key to vaccinating the world
A screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen at her election day headquarters, in Paris
Elections
French duel: Macron vs Le Pen fight for presidency
Refugees wait to travel back to Ukraine from the train station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland
Coronavirus Conversations
Ukraine: The humanitarian catastrophe
Monsieur Perine's first album, "Hecho a Mano" was published in 2012. Since then the band has produced two more albums. 
Music
TikTok fame allows Colombian band Monsieur Periné to do its own thing
A 5-year-old boy gets his first dose of China's Sinovac vaccine, at a vaccination center in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. 
COVID-19
Why Chile moved ahead with COVID vaccines for the very young
Ukrainian refugees wait for a transport at the central train station in Warsaw, Poland
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Ukraine: The humanitarian catastrophe
Posters of French President Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection in Saint Pee sur Nivelle, southwestern France
Elections
Ukraine and COVID give Macron a boost in the polls ahead of French elections
A Uniper energy company coal-fired power plant and a BP refinery are seen beside a wind generator in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. 
Environment
Did the world ‘build back better’ since the start of the pandemic? Not so much. 
drawing
Coronavirus Art
For this man in Istanbul, the pandemic renewed a lifelong passion for drawing 
Children and their caregivers arrive for school in New York
COVID-19
Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year
Luke Sital-Singh's new single is called "Me & God."
Musician Luke Sital-Singh finds catharsis by singing a song to God
A woman sits with her legs folded on the ground in a pose of shame and exhaustion.
Sexual violence
For sexual assault victims in Ghana, justice is expensive — and elusive
Teachers wearing face mask and face shield behind plastic barriers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus use computers during online classes at the Senator Renato "Companero" Cayetano (SRCC) Memorial Science and Technology High School in Taguig city, P
Education
Remote learning in the Philippines has no end in sight
Pharmacist Kenni Clark injects Robert Champion, of Lawrence, Mass., with a booster dosage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrence's "The Center," which serves seniors, families and the community
Coronavirus Conversations
Coronavirus Conversations: What researchers have learned about the omicron variant
A health worker gives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 8-year-old Indigenous youth Davi Seremramiwe Xavante at the Hospital da Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2022. 
COVID-19
Omicron hits Indigenous communities in Brazil as fake news and denialism undermine vaccination efforts
People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk along the street in Tokyo, Japan
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: What researchers have learned about the omicron variant
Dozens take turns to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Adabraka vaccination center in Accra, Ghana. 
COVID-19
Ghana revs up its COVID-19 vaccination campaign as omicron cases surge
People line up to enter a COVID-19 vaccination clinic with a torch of the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics painted on the staircase in Montreal, Jan. 6, 2022.
COVID-19
‘On the brink’: Canada postpones or cancels tens of thousands of medical procedures amid COVID surge
Medical Technologist Erika Alvarado performs a COVID-19 test on a patient who just delivered a baby outside a hospital in Manila, Philippines, on Dec. 24, 2021.
COVID-19
Health care workers in the Philippines reject new COVID-19 rules as ‘inhumane’
A vial of the Moderna vaccine for the coronavirus.
What does Moderna owe the world?