Misinformation Hinders COVID-19 Response In Africa As Cases Rise; India Reporting Record Numbers; Physical Distancing Rules Spark Debate In U.K.; Saudi Arabia To Limit Hajj Attendance; U.S. Cases Continue To Rise, Sharply In Some States
AFRICA
Quartz Africa: With over 250,000 cases, misinformation is compromising Africa’s Covid-19 response (Kazeem, 6/22).
The Telegraph: Coronavirus infections pick up speed across Africa (Brown/Newey, 6/22).
U.N. News: COVID ‘exacerbating existing vulnerabilities’ in Central African Republic: Lacroix (6/22).
ASIA
ABC’s RN Breakfast: Why so many Indonesian children are dying from COVID-19 (Kelly, 6/23).
ABC (Australia): Why are so many Indonesian children dying from coronavirus? (Walden/Souisa, 6/18).
Foreign Policy: India Has Bungled Its Coronavirus Crisis (Parohit, 6/22).
New York Times: Under Coronavirus Lockdown, a Philippine Priest Hits the Streets (Aznar/Ives, 6/22).
Reuters: India reports record coronavirus cases, embassies warn on stretched hospitals (Pal, 6/22).
EUROPE
AP: German state governor orders lockdown measures in region that saw big COVID-19 outbreak at slaughterhouse (6/23).
Wall Street Journal: U.K. Bolsters Foreign-Takeover Defenses as Pandemic Drives Protectionist Moves (Dummett, 6/22).
Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus Rips Through Italy’s Postwar Entrepreneurial Generation (Sylvers, 6/22).
Washington Post: Two meters? One meter plus? Social distancing rules prompt fierce debate in U.K. (Booth/Spolar, 6/22).
LATIN AMERICA
Reuters: Brazilians flock to beach as WHO says country undercounting coronavirus surge (Gaier et al., 6/22).
Science: ‘It’s a nightmare.’ How Brazilian scientists became ensnared in chloroquine politics (Wessel, 6/22).
MIDDLE EAST
AP: Saudi Arabia: Hajj will see at most ‘thousands’ due to virus (Batrawy, 6/23).
New York Times: Saudi Arabia Drastically Limits Hajj Pilgrimage to Prevent Viral Spread (Hubbard, 6/22).
Washington Post: Saudi Arabia announces drastic curbs to numbers for annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca (Dadouch, 6/23).
NORTH AMERICA
Al Jazeera: ‘Snowballing’ coronavirus cases in U.S. states as hospitals fill (6/22).
AP: Surging U.S. virus cases raise fear that progress is slipping (Lush et al., 6/23).
The Hill: U.S. COVID-19 cases rise, marking ugly contrast with Europe (Sullivan, 6/22).
New Humanitarian: At the U.S.-Mexico border, asylum chaos and coronavirus fear (Driver, 6/22).
STAT: As Covid-19 devastates communities of color, the government’s minority health experts are conspicuously quiet (Facher, 6/22).
Washington Post: Amid threats and political pushback, public health officials are leaving their posts (Weiner/Cha, 6/22).
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.