Coronavirus pandemic

As US aims to bring back manufacturing, supporting women is key
In Asia, women factory workers powered manufacturing growth. Are there lessons there for the US?
Published On 5 Jun 2023
Africa, Middle East driving growing ’employment divide’, UN says
Low-income countries will not see unemployment rates recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, ILO says.
Published On 1 Jun 2023
Scientists call on G7 to improve preparedness for next pandemic
Appeal comes amid concern strict intellectual property rules hamper the production of affordable vaccines and medicines.
Published On 19 May 2023
Three years, 1.1 million deaths: COVID emergency ending in US
As US public health emergency declaration comes to an end, Al Jazeera looks at the pandemic’s heavy toll on the country.
Published On 11 May 2023

The US Congress has cut back expanded COVID-era food assistance benefits, creating strain for some low-income families.

UN health agency declares end to public health emergency of international concern, in place for more than three years.

Jair Bolsonaro says ‘surprised’ by search, as police said they conducted 16 raids in probe into false COVID documents.

Djokovic can play after missing out on the US Open last year and being denied entry into the country earlier this year.

Global pharmaceutical firms had declined to provide the technical know-how to replicate their vaccines in Africa.

Twin cyclones hit Pacific island nation already struggling to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IMF’s 2023 global growth estimate of 2.8% is ‘most worrisome’ as it projects weak growth over a longer period, she said.

President Xi wants China to become a top Asian footballing power by 2030, but the Chinese game is in the doldrums.

Global health agency scientists say new Chinese study released this week offered some ‘clues’ on origins but no answers.

Satellite imagery shows facilities are still intact nearly four months after end of Beijing’s draconian pandemic policy.

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