Our coverage of the coronavirus
A selection of our stories about covid-19 and its consequences
Since it emerged in December 2019, the coronavirus has officially killed over 6m people, though our own estimate suggests the actual toll exceeds 20m. It has infected many millions more and compelled governments around the world to lock down their populations. The rapid development of vaccines has at least offered some grounds for optimism. To stay up to speed with The best casino sites 0’s coverage of the virus, you can bookmark this hub page; register to receive our weekly best casino sites 0sletter, which has a special edition showcasing our coronavirus coverage; and follow our data trackers showing global vaccination rates, a daily estimate of excess deaths around the world and the virus’s spread across Europe and America.
Political and social impact
China’s martial rhetoric will not help it defeat covid
Victory, as Xi Jinping defines it, is an elusive goal
Explainer: What we know—and do not know—about long covid
It may actually be a collection of quite different syndromes
1843 magazine | Locked down in Shanghai, I’ve caught a glimpse of our techno-dystopian future
Rotting cabbage, digital breadlines and bossy drones
China’s harsh and elitist covid rules
The pandemic revives old fears about migrants from humble places
The way Chinese think about covid-19 is changing
But the government shows little sign of changing its zero-covid policy
Economic consequences
The return of the crowded office
It will take time to readjust to the presence of real-life colleagues
China’s two-front fight to quash the virus and revive its economy
GDP held up in the first quarter, but retail sales slid in March
China says imports are causing outbreaks of covid-19
Alleged vectors include everything from pork knuckles to clothing
Omicron is dealing a big blow to China’s economy
For a timely take, analysts are turning to unconventional indicators
Will China’s covid lockdowns add to strains on supply chains?
The government’s fight against the disease has extended to Shanghai and Shenzhen
Two years on, Britain’s capital has recovered from covid-19
In some ways, Brexit has helped
Data trackers
Asia’s outbreaks show that Omicron is deadly in unvaccinated people
Covid has never spread faster than in recent surges in Hong Kong and South Korea
Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world
Is the world returning to pre-pandemic life? Find out with our interactive tracker
Use our live data to follow the battle against the pandemic
In many parts of the world, official death tolls undercount the total number of fatalities
How countries and regions are coping with the covid-19 pandemic
Vaccines
Catherine the Great was a pioneer of inoculation
Lucy Ward tells the story in “The Empress and the English Doctor”
Covid-19 jabs are making other inoculations less contentious
Japan is dropping its resistance to the human papillomavirus vaccine
Africa has plenty of covid doses, but it lags in jabs
Blame distribution problems and a lack of zeal
To build a vaccine industry, Africa must embrace the private sector
Without a shift in focus, the continent risks always being at the back of the queue
BioNTech plans to make vaccines in shipping containers
These standardised factories could be quickly scaled up to expand capacity worldwide
Epidemiology
China’s scientists are looking for a way out of the zero-covid policy
Politicians will have the ultimate say. Omicron may force them to act
More evidence that covid-19 started in a market, not a laboratory
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Explainer: What makes animals susceptible to SARS-CoV-2?
Hong Kong’s hamsters are far from the only unlucky species
For elite footballers, the effects of covid-19 linger for months
Long after infection, players play fewer minutes and complete fewer passes