Iceland has had only 10 deaths so far due to COVID-19. Testing and early use of track-and-trace have kept the new coronavirus in check. The message I received after I was tested for COVID-19 (Photos by Tira Shubart). As the world analyses COVID-19 statistics, the...
I covered SARS and watched the spread of HIV. For me, COVID-19 has been altogether different — in part because I had to fight it off. The door to my ward at the hospital warning people about entry. (All photos by Richard Hubbard) Viruses, I’ve seen a few. Singapore...
Cholera swept the globe half a century before COVID-19. But nothing, not even Keystone Cops, could stop our road trip to Moscow. 1849 Cholera prevention poster in New York City (Wikimedia Commons) When France, my home for many years, went into a strict lockdown to...
COVID-19 has hit the elderly hard and left many alone in confinement. But my grandmother in China has endured, even thrived, offering a lesson in tenacity. The author’s grandmother and two friends in a park after quarantine was lifted China’s population is...
Ruled by a populist, Hungary is considered Europe’s bully. But its prime minister has shown common sense in managing COVID-19. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, left, checks medical supplies from China, Budapest, Hungary, 24 March 2020. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI...