Center COVID-19 Research
Center related articles and webinars
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg: Using Narrative Evidence to Convey Health Information on Social Media: The Case of COVID-19. 2nd WHO training in infodemic management (Session 5-Pre-record). Lecture- June 16, 2021 and Paper
Coping with Coronavirus: It's All About Governance. A special webinar for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction With the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions. October 13, 2020 (In Hebrew)
See also: Panel discussion: To stop coronavirus, get mayors involved. Hagay Hacohen, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 14.2020
Chorev, S. and Gerson A. (2020). Lessons Learned from the Corona Virus Outbreak and the Maritime Trade to and from Israel. HMS (Haifa Maritime Policy & Strategy Reseaerch Center), April, 2020
ECCT's Technology webinar on "The day after the coronavirus crisis - Multidisciplinary and comparative research on corona exit strategies" with guest speaker - Professor Deborah Shmueli- Head of the National Knowledge and Research Center for Emergency Readiness in Israel. June, 18, 2020
Mizrahi, S., Cohen, N., & Vigoda-Gadot, E. (2020). Government’s social responsibility, citizen satisfaction and trust. Policy & Politics.
See also in Policy & Politics blog and Discoversociety blog
Kimhi, S., Eshel, Y., Marciano, H., & Adini, B. (2020). Distress and Resilience in the Days of COVID-19: Comparing Two Ethnicities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 3956.
Prof. Anat Gesser-Edelsburg et al. (April 19, 2020). Analysis of Public Perception of the Israeli Government’s Early Emergency Instructions Regarding COVID-19: Online Survey Study
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Prof. Anat Gesser-Edelsburg about health and risk communication, European Science-Media Hub, April 30, 2020
See also acticle: COVID-19: How uncertainty affects our consumer behaviour
Prof. Doron Kliger, Department of Economics at University of Haifa, and Expert in Behavioral Economics : Understanding Our Economic Behavior in the Age of COVID-19.Understanding Our Economic Behavior in the Age of COVID-19. April 12, 2020
Emotional coping with the Coronavirus - Dr. Adar Ben Eliyahu
Data sites
The COVID States Project - A 50-State COVID-19 Survey - Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across US States
Israel National Emergency Portal
Our World in Data / Coronavirus.
Worldometer - COVID-19 Reported Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance
The Israeli National Database for COVID-19 Research - Ministry of Science and Technology
Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak. The Visual and Data Journalism Team, BBC News, August 2, 2020
WHO - World Health Organization - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - DRR and COVID-19
International Monetary Fund: Policy responses to COVID-19
The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT). Hale, Thomas, Sam Webster, Anna Petherick, Toby Phillips, and Beatriz Kira (2020). Blavatnik School of Government.
The CoronaNet Research Project - Tracking government responses towards COVID-19
COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM). WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
The World Pandemic Research Network (WPRN)- www.wprn.org - a searchable global directory of the scientific resources available on the societal and human impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Evidenceaid COVID-19 collection
SSRN hub - Coronavirus and Infectious Disease Research page - early-stage research
COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19)
Special Analysis: Explicit press protections in state and territorial emergency laws. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 16, 2020
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine COVID-19 Responses & Resources
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Newsroom
Coronavirus resources page on Evidence Aid
Publishers suggesting free access to Coronavirus papers
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Addressing Weaknesses in the Medical Supply Chain. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health forum. April 7, 2020
COVID-19 Academic publications in publications repository
Webinars and podcasts
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Series COVID-19 Talks: Observing the Pandemic- in Dialogue with WHO. A series of interactive webinars: Nov. 11, 26, Dec. 3, 10, 17, Jan. 14, 2020 UNDRR COVID-19 Webinars (updating) |
Call for papers: “The COVID-shock and the new macroeconomic landscape: taking stock and looking ahead”. Directorate General, Economic and Financial Affairs, the European Commission, 6-7 October 22 (deadline for submission: May 1st, 2022)
Government and Society Collaboration Responding to Pandemics - Twelth International Conference on Health, Wellness, &Society, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 8-9 September 2022
Envisioning the post-pandemic metropolis: Learnings from Mumbai, India and Tel-Aviv Israel. Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, April 6, 2021
Growing up during a pandemic, Mental health among a ´lost generation´. Stockholm Explorative Talks Webinar Series, June 18, 2021
Cross-border Families under COVID-19, International Virtual Workshop via Zoom, The Minerva Center for Human Rights, Tel Aviv University, June 22, 2021
Rethinking Urban Geography and Planning. Technion and Utrecht University, April 20, 2021
“Living with…”: From the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Climate Crisis. The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute call for application for an international workshop on the emergence of risk normality, July 5-8, 2021 (deadline: April 6, 2021)
The Vaccination Controversy: Trust then and Now, with Prof Bernice Hausman. the TiGRE seminar series, February 11, 2021
Trust & Regulatory Governance in an Age of Crisis - TiGRE Webinar, January 27th: Professors Mark Findlay and Alicia Wee will present their work on The Impact of Citizen Exclusion: Understanding Community Disquiet against Pandemic Surveillance Technology
Preventing Cascades Among Global Crises.. John Braithwaite, the Australian National University, Jan. 14, 2021, 5:30-7:00 Beijing time
Panel discussion: Social Consequences of Covid-19. WiiW - The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, January 19, 2021
Build Back Better: building resilient health infrastructure and supply chains. What have we learnt from COVID-19? The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) with its partners as pre-events to the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2021 (ICDRI 2021). December 17, 2020
Law, Cyber and COVID-19: AI and Big Data in Decision-Making (Day 1), Wed, 09/12/2020 - 18:00 to 20:00
Political Orientation, Trust in Social and Political Institutions and Adoption of Protective Behavior During the Pandemic. Prof. Gustavo Mesch, TiGRE Webinars, November 26, 2020
Disaster Preparedness and Lessons Learned from the First Wave of COVID-19. Annual Stanford Medicine–Rambam Health Care Campus Symposium. Nov 9 - Nov 11, 2020
Public Policy, Opinions, Behavior, and Health Outcomes during the COVID Pandemic. Conference jointly hosted by researchers at the University of São Paulo, the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Texas A&M University. November 13, 2020
The pandemic that stopped the world: life with COVID-19 with Dr Dorit Nitzan, Regional Emergency Director World Health Organization (WHO). MASHAV, August 30, 2020
COVID-19: Responding, Re-opening and Recovery Towards Resilience of Cities. UNDRR GETI & WHO Webinar - Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic series (co-organized with UCLG & ICLEI. July 8, 2020
Online Panel: COVID-19 States of Emergency – Response, Reform and Recovery. RECONNECT EU, June 18, 2020
A Social Minimum in the Time of Pandemic: Territorial and Extraterritorial Guarantees. The Minerva Center for Human Rights, A 2-part On-line Symposium: June 18 & 22, 2020
“World Food Safety Day" - Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Food and Nutrition Security : The Israeli Experience. with Prof. Aron Troen, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment. MASHAV, 8.6.2020–16:30 (Israel time).
The Civil Society's Contribution During COVID 19 Crisis. SID Israel, June 1st, 2020
The Taiwan Experience - YouTube video, May 19, 2020
UNDRR Webinar: COVID-19: Opportunities for Resilient Recovery, 7 May 2020
Risk communication to prevent the spread of COVID-19: Countering the ‘Infodemic’. UNDRR, April 30, 2020
100 Years Since 1918: Are we Reaady for the Next Pandemic? 1918 Pandemic Flu Partner Webinar, Center for Disease Cpntrol and Prevention (CDC), 2018
Acceptable Losses? COVID-19—Social Equity and the African American Community. ASPA (American Society of Public Administration, with the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. April 16 at 4 p.m. ET
COVID-19: A Gender Perspective on the Growing Humanitarian Crisis. Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), April 8, 2020
Resilience of local governments: A multi-sectoral approach to integrate public health and disaster risk managemen. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, April 7, 2020. See summary here
Leave No One Behind in COVID-19 Prevention, Response and Recovery. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, April 3, 2020
EU response to the Corona Virus Crisis - Amb. Emanuele Giaufret. Israeli Association for the Study of European Integration, April 1, 2020
Practical Experiences from P.R. China and the Republic of Korea with COVID-19. UNDRR ONEA & GETI and WHO, Prevention Web, 25 March, 2020
News items, blogs, papers and articles related to the Coronavirus
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CDC ends recommendations for social distancing and quarantine for Covid-19 control, no longer recommends test-to-stay in schools. Brenda Goodman and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, August 11, 2022
Covid-19: Omicron spreading at lightning speed - French PM. BBC News, Dec.19, 2021
Across the World, Covid Anxiety and Depression Take Hold. Roger Cohen, The New York Times, Dec. 13, 2021
Omicron: What Is Known — and Still Unknown. Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times, Nov. 30, 2021
Omicron variant spreads: cases detected in Netherlands, Denmark, Australia. Elizabeth Piper and Toby Sterling, Reuters, Nov. 28, 2021
This Israeli Community Was Least Infected by COVID. Sam Sokol, Haaretz, Oct. 20, 2021
British government waited too long to implement COVID-19 lockdown, parliamentary report concludes. ABC Australia News, October 12, 2021
How these US schools reopened without sparking a covid outbreak. Betsy Ladyzhets, Technology Review, September 21, 2021
Daily COVID cases surge past 3,800; ministers to mull new restrictions. Times of Israel, August 3, 2021
COVID-19 Delta Variant Reaches Wuhan as China Battles Widest Outbreak Since Disease Emerged in 2019. Time, August 3, 2021Food supply threatened by pingdemic warns industry. Owen Amos. BBC News, 21 July, 2021
Covid: Sydney lockdown extended as Delta outbreak spreads. BBC, July 7, 2021
Australia Covid: Seventh city locks down amid vaccine chaos. BBC News, 30 June, 2021
Covid: WHO pleads with Tanzania to start reporting cases. BBC News, 21 February, 2021
England lockdown compliance more vital than ever. Sarah Collerton, The Guardians, 09 January, 2020.
Covid pandemic drove a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020. Emma Newburger, CNBC, Dec 10 2020 EST
Is coronavirus back in Israel? Health experts explain. Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Jerusalem Post, June 25, 2021
Is coronavirus back in Israel? Health experts explain. Rogelio Mayta, KK Shailaja and Anyang Nyongo, The Guardian, 17 June, 2021.
Coronavirus Australia live update - Rapid pace of new outbreak sends Victoria into ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown – as it happened, The Guardian, May 27, 2021
Dozens of suspected Covid victims wash up on Ganges River banks. Agence France-Presse in New Delhi. The Guardian, May 10, 2021
India Covid: Delhi seeks more cremation space as deaths rise. BBC, April 30, 2021
Israel: No New COVID Cases Recorded Thursday. BBC, April 24. 2021
Covid-19 deaths pass three million worldwide. BBC News, 17 April, 2021
The Guardian live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic
Brazil coronavirus: Inside the crisis. BBC News, 13 April, 2021
Covid-19: France entrance third national lockdown amid ICU surge. BBC News, 04 April, 2021
Covid pandemic peaks in Eastern Europe ruins Easter, BBC New. 4 April, 2021
Covid: France and Poland increase lockdown measures as infections surge. BBC, March 20,2021
COVID-19: Proposed EU vaccine passport scheme raises hopes of Britons having summer holidays in Europe. Sky News, 2 March 2021, UK
Ambush lockdowns: Hong Kong tries radical Covid testing strategy. Helen Davidson, The Guardians, 3 February, 2021
Pharmaceutical giants not ready for next pandemic, report warns. Julia Kollewe, The Guardian, 26 January, 2021.
Indonesia coronavirus: The vaccination drive targeting younger people. Rebecca Henschke & Pijar Anugrah, BBC World Service, Jan. 13, 2021
UK coronavirus deaths pass 100.000 after 1,564 reported in one day. Caelainn Barr. Nicola Davis and Pa,ela Duncan. The Guardians, 13 January,2021
Coronavirus live news: Japan's PM announces state of emergency for Tokyo; US suffers record daily deaths. Alexandra Topping and Jessica Murray and Helen Sullivan. The Guardians. 07 January, 2020.
Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers. Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza, The Guardian, 3 Jan 2021
Covid-19: New variant "raises R number by up to 0.7". BBC News, 2 January, 2021.
How Israel Became a World Leader in Vaccinating Against Covid-19. Isabel Kershner, The New York Times, Jan. 1, 2021
BioNTEch criticises EU failure to order enough Covid vaccine. Jon Henley, Kate Connolly and Kim Willsher, The Guardian, 1 January, 2020.
Covid-19: Concern at unprecedented infection level in England. BBc News, 29 December, 2020
Seismic change: How Covid-19 altered world events in 2020. Heiler Cheung, BBC News, 27 December, 2020
Countries Cut UK Off As Johnson Holds Crisis Meeting on New Coronavirus Variant. abcNews, Dec. 21, 2020
Covid: Italy latest European country to order Christmas lockdown. BBC News, 19 December, 2020
Covid-19: Germany introduces new restrictions amid rise in cases. BBC, Dec. 16, 2020
There's Still Time to Beat Covid Without Lockdowns. Matthew Campbell and Heesu Lee, Bloomberg Businessweek, Dec. 12, 2020
Covid: Most of California faces strict new lockdown as cases surge. BBC News, 07 December, 2020
Can dogs smell COVID? Here’s what the science says. Holly Else, Nature, Nov. 23, 2020
Lessons from around the world on fighting COVID’s second wave. Jimmy Whitworth. The Conversation Media Group, November 21, 2020
Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine: 11 Things You Need to Know. Carl Zimmer and Katie Thomas, New York Times, Nov. 9, 2020
Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection. James Gallagher, BBC, Nov. 9, 2020
Covid: What are the lockdown rules in place across Europe?Covid: What are the lockdown rules in place across Europe? BBC News, 05 November, 2020
Covid-19: Austria and Portugal announce restrictions. BBC News, 01 November, 2020
Covid-19: PM announces four-week England lockdown. BBC. Nov. 1, 2020
Furlough Scheme Extended and Further Economic Support announced. UK HM Treasury and The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, 31 October 2020
Covid: France returns to lockdown amid new surgeCovid: France returns to lockdown amid new surge. BBC News,30 October, 2020
Syria: Inside a refugee camp where Covid is spreading.Syria: Inside a refugee camp where Covid is spreading. BBC News,27 October, 2020
Coronavirus: Spain passes one million Covid-19 cases. BBC News, 22 October, 2020
Panel discussion: To stop coronavirus, get mayors involved. Hagay Hacohen, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 14.2020
Covid-19: Protests as Argentina's cases pass 900,000. BBC, October 14, 2020
Covid-19: Protests as Argentina's cases pass 900,000. BBC News,13 October, 2020
"It's all about governence". Press release from UNDRR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction): October 13 2020 is the International Day for Disaster Rsk Reduction. ‘Disaster risk governance’ was announced as the theme of the day.‘Disaster risk governance’ was announced as the theme of the day. September 4, 2020.
Friedman, B. (ed.) (2020). The Coronavirus in the Middle East: State and Society in a time of Crisis. The Moshe Dayan Center (MDC) for Middle East and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
In Spain, Nightlife Is More Important Than Schools. David Jiménezת Opinions, The New York Times, Sept. 3, 2020
New Covid-19 Outbreaks Test South Korea’s Strategy. Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times, Sept. 2, 2020
Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi says yeshiva students shouldn’t take COVID-19 tests. Times of Israel, September 2, 2020
Reopening elementary schools carries less COVID-19 risk than high schools – but that doesn’t guarantee safety. Head Jenniferand Remais Justi, The Conversation Media Group, August 25, 2020
How Hurricane Evacuation Can Spread the Coronavirus. Linda Poon,Bloomberg CityLab, August 25, 2020
Coronavirus in Europe: Infections surge in Germany and Spain. BBC News, 12 August, 2020
Coronavirus: Brazil passes 100,000 deaths as outbreak shows no sign of easing. BBC News,9 August, 2020
Coronavirus: Vietnam warns of outbreak risk across whole country.Coronavirus: Vietnam warns of outbreak risk across whole country. BBC News,29 July, 2020
COVID-19 lockdown reduces forest fires in the western Himalayas, Lakshmi Supriya, Eos, 101, 28 July 2020
Hurricane Hanna makes landfall in Texas as state struggles with coronavirus. Nicole Acevedo and Dennis Romero, NBC News, July 25, 2020
Coronavirus: EU leaders reach recovery deal after marathon summit. BBC, 21 July 2020
Coronavirus: California reimposes sweeping restrictions amid virus spike. Ritu Prasad BBC News,14 July, 2020
Covid-19 has revealed a preexisting pandemic of poverty that benefits the rich. Covid-19 has revealed a preexisting pandemic of poverty that benefits the rich. The Guardian, 11 July, 2020
Israel Lost Control of the Coronavirus Crisis. There's Only One Thing It Can Do Now. Meirav Arlosoroff, Haaretz, 09 July, 2020
Coronavirus in Australia: Melbourne begins new shutdown. BBC News, 08 July, 2020
Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves? Benedict Carey, The New York Times, July 2, 2020
Israel's Failed Pandemic Governmen. Haaretz Editorial, June 30, 2020
US secures world stock of key Covid-19 drug remdesivir. Sarah Boseley, The Guardian, 30 June, 2020
Coronavirus: US has "serious problem", says Fauci. BBC News,27 June, 2020
Coronavirus live news: India passes 500,000 cases as Australian state of Victoria reports surge. Aamna Mohdin, Graham Readfearn and Luke Henriques-Gomes, the Guardian, 27 June, 2020
COVID-19 Recovery Policy Brief. IRP (International Recovery Platform), May 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic: Applying IRP Disaster Recovery Tools and Guidelines to Pandemic Recovery. International Recovery Platform, May 2020
The 3 most populous states are breaking coronavirus records, leading to fears of 'apocalyptic' surges in the US. Faith Karimi and Douglas Wood, CNN June 25, 2020
Floods Afflict Ukraine as It Tries to Control the Coronavirus. Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 24 June, 2020
Beijing’s Partial Lockdown a Sign of the World’s New Normal. Chris Buckley and Keith Bradsher, New York Times, June 17, 2020
Coronavirus: Fear of second wave in Beijing after market outbreak. BBC NEWS, 13 June, 2020
Coronavirus: 'Earlier lockdown would have halved death toll'. BBC, 10 June 2020
Exclusive: nearly 600 US health workers died of Covid-19-and the toll is rising. Christina Jewett, Melissa Bailey, and Danielle Renwick, The Guardian, 06 June, 2020
#paper# Georgeou, N., & Hawksley, C. (2020). State Responses to COVID-19: A Global Snapshot at 1 June 2020. https://doi.org/10.26183/5ed5a2079cabd
Coronavirus: Leading economist warns of 10 years of depression and debt.Coronavirus: Leading economist warns of 10 years of depression and debt. Karishma Vaswani, BBC NEWS,22 May, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown: The Indian migrants dying to get home. Vikas Pandey, BBC NEWS, 20 May, 2020
The pandemic may forever change the world's cities.The pandemic may forever change the world's cities. Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post, 20 May, 2020
Coronavirus: World Bank warns 60m at risk of extreme poverty. BBC NEWS, 20 May, 2020
Social distancing; When extreme weather and coronavirus collide. BBC NEWS, 20 May, 2020
Coronavirus:What does it mean for natural disaster response? Jessica Murphy, BBC NEWS, 20 May,2020
With 42% living in slums, virus casts long shadow across Mumbai. Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar & Clara Lewis, The Times of India, May 18, 2020
UK on course to launch contact tracing by end of May. Laura Hughes in Londonת Financial Times, May 17, 2020
Coronavirus: India's pandemic lockdown turns into a human tragedy. Soutik Biswas, BBC India correspondent, 30 March 2020
Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California. Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, May 16, 2020
Psychiatrists fear "tsunami" of mental illness after lockdown. Philippa Roxby, BBC News, 16 May, 2020
Coronavirus: Two Rohingya test positive in refugee camp. BBC, May 14, 2020
Just Because You Test Positive for Antibodies Doesn’t Mean You Have Them. Todd Haugh and Suneal Bedi, New York Times, May 13, 2020
Coronavirus may have emptied Hong Kong’s streets, but the pro-democracy protests continue. Maggie Shum. The Washington Post April 23, 2020
UNDRR update about COVID-19 crisis, made through a letter from UN SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms. Mami Mizutori. May 8, 2020
'So many more deaths than we could have ever imagined.' This is how America's largest city deals with its dead. Ray Sanchez, CNN, May 4, 2020
Netanyahu celebrates a victory over COVID-19; it marks his political triumph too. David Horovitz, the Times of Israel, 4 May 2020
Coronavirus may have emptied Hong Kong’s streets, but the pro-democracy protests continue. Maggie Shum. The Washington Post April 23, 2020
Urban Density Is Not an Enemy in the Coronavirus Fight: Evidence from China. Wanli Fangsameh Wahba, World Bank Blog, APRIL 20, 2020
Stop Using The Term ‘Social Distancing’ -- Start Talking About ‘Physical Distancing, Social Connection’. Harris Allen Brent Ling Wayne Burton. Health Affairs Blog, April 27, 2020
Whose coronavirus strategy worked best? Scientists hunt most effective policies. Elizabeth Gibney, Nature, April 27, 2020
Learning from disasters: Nepal copes with coronavirus pandemic 5 years after earthquake. Sara Shneiderman, Jeevan Baniya and Philippe Le Billon. The Conversation Media Group, April 24, 2020
Singapore’s spike in coronavirus cases shows the road to recovery will be a bumpy ride. Pushan Dutt. The Conversation Media Group, April 23, 2020
Coronavirus: Social restrictions to remain for rest of year. BBC News, 22 April, 2020
How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology. Michael Ahn. The Conversation Media Group, April 21, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown: European countries try tailor-made approach. Katya Adler, BBC News,20 April, 2020
With Broad, Random Tests for Antibodies, Germany Seeks Path Out of Lockdown. Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, April 18, 2020
#paper# What Happens When Other Disasters Hit during a Pandemic? Andrea Thompson. Scientific American, April 16, 2020
Why we fail to prepare for disasters. Tim Harford, Financial times, April 15, 2020
Coronavirus: Japan doctors warn of health system "break down" as cases surge, BBC, 18 April, 2020
Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities. The Conversation Media Group. April 15, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic: tracking the global outbreak, The Visual and Data Journalism Team, BBC News, April 14, 2020
Emergency refuge for people fleeing domestic abuse, Nic Rigby, BBC News, April 14, 2020
German Police Attacked While Enforcing Social Distancing Measures. Stephen Sorace, Fox News, April 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Front-line NHS staff at risk of PTSD, Charlie Haynes, BBC News. April 12, 2020
Coronavirus: US death toll overtakes Italy as world's highest, BBC News. April 12, 2020
#paper# School and preparedness officials' perspectives on social distancing practices to reduce influenza transmission during a pandemic: Considerations to guide future work. 2019. Preventive medicine reports, 14, 100871.
How can the houseless fight the coronavirus? A community organization partners with academics to create a grassroots hand-washing infrastructure. The Conversation Media Group. April 9, 2020
Social scientists scramble to study pandemic, in real time. Warren Cornwall, Science, April 8, 2020
What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus. The Conversation Media Group. April 8, 2020
Climate crisis: amid coronavirus lockdown nature bounces back-but for how long? The Guardian, Jonathan Watts, April 9, 2020
Coronavirus could double the number of people going hungry. The Guardian,Fiona Harvey. April 9, 2020
Coronavirus: Japan to declare an emergency as Tokyo cases soar. BBC News, April 6, 2020,20
Mapping How Cities Are Reclaiming Street Space. Laura Bliss, Citylab, April 3, 2020
Businesses must do more than just ‘bounce back’ after COVID-19. Lex Drennan, Griffith University News. April 2 2020.
#Paper# Disaster recovery framework guide. GFDRR (The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery). Revised version, March 2020
#Paper# Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19. United Nations – Headquarters (UN). March 2020
#paper# Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing. Farretti et al. Science, Mar. 31, 2020
Pandemics in Crisis-Affected Settings: Ensuring Women & Girls Are Not Forgotten. Alina Potts, blog in Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), March 31, 2020
COVID19: ‘Go now, go hard and go smart’: the strategy Group of Eight universities experts urged the government to take. Misha Ketchell, The Conversation Media Group, Australia. Mar. 30, 2020
What Singapore can teach about an effective coronavirus response. Calum Handforth, UNDP (United Nation Development Programme) Singapore. Mar. 25, 2020
#paper# Public Mental Health Crisis during COVID-19 Pandemic, China. Dong L, Bouey J. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jul. Early release article March 23, 2020
#paper# The Shifting Geopolitics of Coronavirus and the Demise of Neoliberalism – (Part 1). Mohammed Cherkaoui. AlJazeera Centre for studies. March 19, 2020.
#paper# The Shifting Geopolitics of Coronavirus and the Demise of Neoliberalism – (Part 2). Mohammed Cherkaoui. AlJazeera Centre for studies. March. 22, 2020.
Complacency, Not Panic, Is the Real Danger. Benedict Carey, the New York Times, March 19, 2020
#Paper# The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-2019) Outbreak: Amplification of Public Health Consequences by Media Exposure. Roxane Silver. Health Psychology. 2020.
#Paper# Covid-19 – a trigger for global transformation? Political distancing, global decoupling and growing distrust in health governance. Mika Aaltola. FIIA (Finnish Institute for National Affairs) working paper. 2020
Coronavirus: US death toll exceeds 5,000. BBC News, 02.04.20
#Paper# Beyond the Resilience Hype, Adaptation Strategies for Post-Pandemic Business Recovery. Lex Drennan, The Machinery of Government. Mar. 30, 2020
Coronavirus: US death rates v China, Italy and South Korea. Franz Strasser, BBC News, 31.03.20
Las Vegas parking lot turned into "homeless shelter" with social distancing markers. Mario Koran,The Guardian, 31,03,20
Coronovirus: Huge crowds as India lockdown sparks mass migration, BBC News, 30,03,2020
Cities aim to adopt Holistic Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction Following Resilience Assessment. UNDRR, 30.03.20
FEMA Launches Ideascale to Share Successful Practice in Response to COVID19: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). U.S DHS, Ideascale, Mar 28, 2020
Coronavirus: More than 900 deaths in a day in Italy. BBC, March 28, 2020
More Than 3 Million Americans Lost Their Jobs Last Week. See Your State. Quoctrung Bui and Justin Wolfers, New York Times, March 28, 2020
Policy responses to COVID-19. IMF (International Monetary Fund), March 25, 2020
Coronavirus: respond at scale, build bridges to the future. Antony Painter, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), Mar 21, 2020
Experience of Sars a key factor in countries’ response to coronavirus. Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, 15 Mar 2020
Trump declares a national emergency to combat coronavirus. Kevin Liptak, CNN, March 13, 2020
UNDRR urges disaster management agencies to prioritize biological hazards. UNDRR, Denis McClean, 12.03.20
Coronavirus live updates: World Health Organization declares coronavirus outbreak a 'pandemic'. Morgan Winsor and Julia Jacobo, abc news, March 11, 2020
House Passes $8.3 Billion Bill to Battle Coronavirus. Andrew Duehren, Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2020
House Passes $8.3 Billion Bill to Battle Coronavirus. Andrew Duehren, Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2020
Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO. BBC, January 31,2020
Why These Australia Fires Are Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before. Jamie Tarabay, The New York Times, Jan. 21, 2020
Turkey earthquake: At least 31 dead as buildings collapse. BBC, 25 January 2020
China confirms human-to-human transmission of coronavirus. Authorities on alert ahead of lunar new year holiday as 139 new cases of strain detected. The Guardian, January 20, 2020