Australia to retain coronavirus curbs for at least another four weeks; US death toll tops 33,000
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia will retain curbs on public movement for at least four more weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, dashing speculation the sustained low growth in new cases could spur a quicker return to normal. Australia has avoided the high numbers of coronavirus casualties reported in other countries around the world after […]
ESSAY: CORONAVIRUS – SCHOOL CLOSURES MEAN AN INCREASED RISK OF HUNGER FOR FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD
In an article first published on The Conversation, LANA WHITTAKER, of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, looks at the impact of school closures on children’s nutrition…
Coronavirus causes historic market drop, global scramble to contain “invisible enemy”
Reuters Coronavirus fears led to a historic drop in US stocks, shut borders and disrupted daily life around the world, as governments took increasingly drastic measures to try to reduce the severity of the global outbreak. Financial markets had their worst day in 30 years despite emergency action by global central banks to try to […]
Asia school closures for coronavirus expose digital divide
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of children in Asia risk falling behind because of school closures amid the coronavirus outbreak, with unequal access to the internet hurting poorer kids as classes go online, technology and human rights experts warned on Friday. Worldwide, an unprecedented 363 million children and youth are affected by closures of schools and […]
“We risk losing a whole generation”, aid groups warn amid Sahel education crisis
Thomson Reuters Foundation The number of schools forced to shut in Africa’s crisis-hit Sahel has doubled since 2017, depriving almost half a million children of education, the United Nations said on Thursday. Almost 2,000 schools have been closed in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, as heightened security fears and poverty have left more than 400,000 […]