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• Global health crises, pandemics (World)

  Burial of Covid-19 deceased is safe

  20 December 2020, by The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

  Countries that insist on cremation of those dying with Covid-19 risk alienating Moslem and Christian citizens.
  With different views being expressed on the debate of cremation versus burial of those who die of COVID-19, the Sunday Times sought the expert opinion of Prof. Malik Peiris, Professor (...)

• Global health crises, pandemics (World)

  Salt in the Wound

  27 May 2020, by GRIGERA Juan

  In late March, Boris Johnson pronounced, “One thing I think the coronavirus crisis has already proved is that there really is such a thing as society.” He was celebrating the return to service of 20,000 workers from the public health system (NHS), along with the 750,000 “NHS volunteers,” pointing (...)

• Global health crises, pandemics (World)

  Millions forced to choose between hunger or Covid-19

  15 May 2020, by GRAIN

  On the eve of May Day 2020, in full coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) released some hair raising statistics. About 1.6 billion workers from the informal sector are in dire straits because of the lockdowns governments have imposed to stop the spread of the virus. (...)

• Global health crises, pandemics (World)

  From Fanon to ventilators: fighting for our right to breathe

  14 May 2020, by KUNDNANI Arun

  To neoliberal states, the pandemic is a racialized security threat and a market opportunity. Our fight is for the right to breathe — in every sense.
  Ruling elites are pursuing the convergence of two dreams in their response to COVID-19 : a state dream and a market dream. The state dream entails (...)