Some Pacific counties have successfully kept out COVID-19. How did they do it, and how long can they remain coronavirus free? COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019, in Wuhan, China and quickly spread across the world, resulting in a…
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Pandemic and People’s Liberties
There has been a wide range of government responses during the Covid-19 pandemic, some were very harsh, like the ones in China and India where movement of people was severely restricted, other responses, such as the ones in Taiwan and…
South Africa’s misguided COVID-19 pandemic response, as it charts fifth highest cases in the world….
South Africa, a country well-known for its transformative Constitution that contains the ‘Bill of Rights’, which protects the rights of the people inside the country and succinctly defines the role and limited powers of public institutions and office-bearers is now…
Corona Cancelled Exchange
“It’s not possible to return to the summer when you are 17. Celebrating graduation cannot be played on repeat.”, the Norwegian health minister said in a widely shared speech to our youth during corona, a speech in which he thanks…
The Blot of Europe
Moria – a small city on the Greek island Lesbos, a Hellenic idylle — is hosting the biggest refugee camp in Europe. Consisting of approximately 20,000 refugees, the camp at the border of Greece and Turkey has become both the…
The European Response to Corona
At the end of March, the WHO declared Europe the new centre of the pandemic caused by the Coronavirus. Since the first people have been infected in European countries, national governments and health care systems have been fighting against the…
What will change after the pandemic?
Life under lockdown, to contain the pandemic, has started to normalize. The newsworthy part is that now countries like Austria, Norway and New Zealand are planning to ease up their restrictions. The aim is to make a gradual recovery back…
Globalize it!
Globalization is the reason the coronavirus spread so rapidly around the globe. But can it also be its solution? In the spring of 2020, the world is as small as it has never been before. It is extraordinarily easy for…
The COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached Africa and the UN warns of its consequences: “We will see a complete collapse of economies and livelihoods. Livelihoods will be wiped out in a way we have never seen before.” Many countries in Africa…
What to Do when in Quarantine?
As the Corona virus closes in and every country on the planet, with just a few exceptions, have reported contagions, we are either self-quarantined or ordered to quarantine. Many businesses and public services have been reduced to the minimum or…