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Huge wave of Covid infections overwhelm China

Huge wave of Covid infections overwhelm China

China kept coronavirus cases far lower than most countries by enforcing a strict zero-covid policy. But following widespread protests the country abruptly abandoned those rules. Now a huge wave of infections is spreading largely unchecked across the country. And with authorities going door to door trying to persuade the elderly to get vaccinated, doctors are…

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The economic fallout of coronavirus

The economic fallout of coronavirus

As the global economy enters an unprecedented shutdown during the coronavirus outbreak, CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger talks with Nobel Prize-winning economics expert Joseph Stiglitz; Michael Goodman, president of the investment management firm Wealthstream Advisors; and Jake Dell, owner of New York City’s venerable Katz’s Delicatessen, about weathering the economic storm. She also talks…

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DAS CORONA-JAHR 2020 – Die Geschichte einer Pandemie | Reportage

DAS CORONA-JAHR 2020 – Die Geschichte einer Pandemie | Reportage

Ein Jahr Corona, ein Jahr Ausnahmezustand. Nichts hat seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg so sehr in das Leben und den Alltag der Menschen eingegriffen, wie das vor einem Jahr noch annähernd unbekannte Corona-Virus. Im Jahr 2020 haben sich im Zuge der Pandemie weltweit über 75 Millionen Menschen mit dem COVID-19-Virus infiziert, über 1,5 Millionen sind an…

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Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Pandemic (With Ed Yong) | The Atlantic Festival 2022

Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Pandemic (With Ed Yong) | The Atlantic Festival 2022

In conversation with The Atlantic’s Ed Yong, Syra Madad of NYC Health + Hospitals and the author David Quammen sit down to discuss lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic and monkeypox, the next global health threats, and more.

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