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Why countries can’t meet the demand for gear against covid-19

A host of efforts are under way to unblock bottlenecks

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The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus

China

Hong Kong police swoop on the territory’s most prominent democrats

The 15 arrested include veteran champions of liberal causes

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Europe

Nasty politics returns to Spain

As the first wave of the pandemic peaks, politicians go back to bickering

Middle East and Africa

What South Africa learned from AIDS

Experience of a previous pandemic informs the fight against covid-19

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Europe

Charlemagne: Southern Europe’s unlucky millennials

Will their pain turn them radical?

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Coronavirus infections have peaked in much of the rich world

But the fight to control the pandemic is likely to be a long and slow one

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Middle East and Africa

Arabs and Persians are battling it out—virtually

Not all governments in the region are amused by a popular video game

Weekly edition

Is China winning?

April 18th 2020
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Leaders

Which firms should pay dividends?

Business

By invitation: Mark Carney on how the economy must yield to human values

United States

Recruits to America’s armed forces are not what they used to be

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How the internet has changed during lockdowns

Late-night Slack messages have replaced online dating

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In context: Covid-19 transmission

Science and technology

App-based contact tracing may help countries get out of lockdown

But only as part of a bigger system

Science and technology

Bats spread viruses

But they are no worse in this respect than other species

Science and technology

Should the public wear masks to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2?

Science and technology

How important is “silent spreading” in the covid-19 epidemic?

Special report: South Korea

South Korea is going through deep social, economic change

But the transformation is still fragile, and covid-19 is not helping, says Lena Schipper

Startups offer a different future for South Korea’s economy

But chaebol still dominate

South Korean women are fighting to be heard

Women have taken their struggle against misogyny into the open

K-pop is changing, too

The world’s most successful boy band make perfect posterboys for the new Korea

South Koreans are unhappy with the pace of political change

A younger generation has now been politicised

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