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Bangladesh Rosa Arnold and Lizzie Bajin-Sharp At the time of writing, Bangladesh approaches its ninth month of bearing the unprecedented burden of COVID-19. First official cases were reported on MarchContinue readingCOVID-19 IMPACT SERIES: Bangladesh

CANADA Sarah Speizer Reeleder During the H1N1 crisis in 2009, when leaders of remote First Nations communities in Manitoba requested help from the federal government to ensure the lowest fatalities,Continue readingCOVID-19 IMPACT SERIES: Canada’s Indigenous Peoples

SPAIN Clara Isabel Girón Pacheco On the 11th of March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. By this date, the number of confirmed COVID-19 global cases had surpassed 100.000Continue readingCOVID-19 IMPACT SERIES: Spain

SOUTH AFRICA ANNA WESTWELL Since its first case was confirmed on March 5th, COVID-19 has devastated South Africa. With almost 800,000 cases now confirmed, the country accounts for almost halfContinue readingCOVID-19 IMPACT SERIES: South Africa

SOUTH KOREA MAYA TIKLY-YOUNG As of 16 October, South Korea appears to have successfully avoided the worst of Covid-19. After the first recorded case on 20 January, a rapid spikeContinue readingCOVID-19 IMPACT SERIES: South Korea