List of Pandemics articles
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A disinfection professional wears protective gear at the National Assembly in Seoul on Feb. 24. Get Ready for Closed Borders and Crashing Markets
Markets took a new tumble on Monday as WHO indicated a global pandemic may be on the way. If coronavirus becomes 2020’s biggest story, what should the world prepare for?
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A rescue worker wearing a protective suit checks on a driver at a roadblock near Milan, Italy, on Feb. 24. The West Is About to Fail the Coronavirus Test
China made huge mistakes managing the outbreak. The rest of the world may not do any better.
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A man wearing a protective face mask walks in a nearly empty shopping mall, a few minutes after rush hour, in Beijing on Feb. 24. How Do You Keep China’s Economy Running With 750 Million in Quarantine?
The “demon virus” threat has rattled the confidence of many Chinese in the regime’s ability to protect people’s lives and jobs.
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An Indonesian health official monitors as passengers from an international flight have their temperature checked as they pass a thermal scanner monitor upon arrival at the Adisucipto International Airport on January 23, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Virus Travel Bans Are Inevitable But Ineffective
Experts can't stop restrictions, but they can mitigate them.
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In this photo taken on February 6, 2020, a woman helps her daughter seen wearing a face mask in Pyongyang. North Korea Isn’t Ready for Coronavirus Devastation
The country has sealed its borders — but an outbreak would be a chance for the United States to do good.
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ASEAN foreign ministers shake hands on stage at a summit about the coronavirus called by China in Vientiane, Laos, on Feb. 20. Hun Sen Is More Worried About Beijing Than the Coronavirus
Cambodia’s autocrat is putting his own people at risk to court his Chinese backers.
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A woman wears a protective mask as she walks by Chinese flags during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival holiday in Beijing on Jan. 28. How Virus Lockdown Orders Went From Xi Jinping to My Neighborhood Auntie
Virus quarantine measures have left hundreds of millions of people trapped indoors.
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South Korea’s Hyundai Coronavirus Begins to Spread Economic Gloom Worldwide
Supply chain disruptions are upsetting markets globally, but especially in Asia.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects prevention and control work against the new coronavirus in Beijing on Feb. 10. How China’s Incompetence Endangered the World
As the deadly coronavirus began to spread, Beijing wasted the most critical resource to fight it: trust.
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Workers at Youan Hospital in Beijing How to Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts
It may be too late to contain the new coronavirus. But we can safeguard the world against the next one.
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A woman wears a face mask as a preventative measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus disease Coronavirus Crisis Pushes States to Quarantine Online Information
Epidemics raise worrying questions about how to limit state power.
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A view of Dongsi Shitiao crossroad in Beijing on Feb. 10. Many Chinese cities are nearly empty of cars and traffic in the wake of the virus outbreak. Coronavirus Threatens to Blow Up Trump’s Energy Trade Deal With China
The goals were never realistic, but now Beijing has good reason to back away from its purchase commitments to Washington.
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A Vietnamese woman carries her child to receive free protective face masks at a makeshift distribution center amid concerns of a coronavirus outbreak in Hanoi on Feb. 8. As Numbers Soar, Here’s Everything We Don’t Know About the Coronavirus
As the death toll tops 1,300, there are still more questions than answers.
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Doctors attend to patients hit by the coronavirus. Trump Seeks to Halve U.S. Funding for World Health Organization as Coronavirus Rages
The president’s new budget would cut more than $3 billion in global health programs.
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Filipinos wearing face masks attend Sunday Mass at a church in Paranaque, Metro Manila, on Feb. 9. Filipinos Turn on Duterte as Coronavirus Fears Spread
Anti-Chinese and anti-American conspiracy theories have followed the first death.
