Former U.S. Diplomats, European Leaders Call For Loosening Of Iran Sanctions; France Sees Worst Day Of Coronavirus Deaths So Far; New Zealand Pursues Elimination Strategy
AFRICA
PRI: What the U.S. can learn from West Africa to slow the spread of coronavirus (4/6).
Reuters: Lockdowns: Saving lives, but ruining livelihoods in Africa (Akwagyiram et al., 4/7).
Thomson Reuters Foundation: Coronavirus: Africa braces for impact ‘like nothing we have seen’ (Bhalla/Goering, 4/6).
ASIA
New York Times: CIA Hunts for Authentic Virus Totals in China, Dismissing Government Tallies (Barnes, 4/2).
NPR: Japan’s Shinzo Abe Will Declare State Of Emergency As Coronavirus Cases Surge (Neuman/Kuhn, 4/6).
Washington Post: New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it (Fifield, 4/7).
Washington Post: Japan opts for emergency but ‘no lockdown’ — keeping its eye on the economy (Denyer, 4/7).
EUROPE
The Hill: France reports its worst day of coronavirus deaths so far (Bowden, 4/6).
New York Times: Spain’s Coronavirus Crisis Accelerated as Warnings Went Unheeded (Minder, 4/7).
NPR: Moscow Has Most Of Russia’s COVID-19 Cases, But Work Stoppages Are Nationwide (Maynes, 4/6).
NPR: Irish Leader Returns To Medicine To Help Battle COVID-19 Pandemic (Romo, 4/6).
PRI: Emergency authoritarianism? Hungary’s Orbán uses coronavirus to seize more power (Barry, 4/6).
Reuters: Coronavirus pandemic is historical test for E.U., Merkel says (Rinke et al., 4/6).
LATIN AMERICA
AP: As coronavirus spreads, some Venezuelans opt to return home (Alvarez, 4/6).
The Guardian: Brazil coronavirus: medics fear official tally ignores ‘a mountain of deaths’ (Phillips, 4/4).
PRI: Bolsonaro is still downplaying coronavirus. Many worry about the impact on the most vulnerable (Fox, 4/6).
MIDDLE EAST
NPR: Social Distancing Is A Distant Dream In Pakistan’s Urban Slums (Hadid/Sattar, 4/6).
PRI: ‘I am lucky I survived’: Voices from Iran, one of the worst-hit COVID-19 countries (Jaafari, 4/6).
Reuters: Iran supreme leader approves tapping sovereign wealth fund to fight coronavirus (Dehghanpisheh, 4/6).
U.N. News: Syria: Warring parties failed to abide by international law over hospital attacks (4/6).
Washington Post: Former U.S. diplomats and European leaders call for easing sanctions against Iran (Morello, 4/6).
NORTH AMERICA
AP: 3M, U.S. reach agreement that allows mask exports to Canada (Gillies, 4/7).
The KFF Daily Global Health Policy Report summarized news and information on global health policy from hundreds of sources, from May 2009 through December 2020. All summaries are archived and available via search.