Bolder and braver from world leaders’ decision-making is required to prevent societies falling apart under the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. Hany Ghoraba March 2020 will be remembered as the longest month in human memory. As it overwhelmed even the most experienced political observers, evoking unprecedented challenges before political …
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Ahram Online “The World Bank is providing $7.9 Million to Egypt to fund emergency response activities related to the coronavirus outbreak in the country”, a statement by the World Bank Group read. According to the statement, the World Bank activated the Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC) on 20 March, …
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A Europe-wide public-health authority should be a priority to counteract collective-action problems among EU member states. Joan Costa-Font The Covid-19 crisis is not just the most important health crisis that higher income countries have suffered over the last century, but also one that comes with enormous consequences for the …
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Ahram Online “The pandemic disease caused by the coronavirus is accelerating”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. More than 300,000 infection cases, from nearly every country worldwide, were recorded and reported. “While it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of …
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More monetary-policy easing is still a one-club approach, fiscal support is also needed at EU level. Andrew Watt The coronavirus and its associated illness, Covid-19, have rapidly spread across Europe. From an initial concentration of cases and deaths in northern Italy, all European Union countries are now affected, albeit …
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Ahram Online Authorities around the world turned to increasingly drastic measures on Sunday, to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, with lockdowns, curfews and travel restrictions. Soldiers and police sealed the densely populated Philippine capital Manila from most domestic travellers in one of Southeast Asia’s most drastic containment measures. …
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The human effects of the coronavirus are paramount. But what will be its impact on a medium-sized economy such as that of the UK? Simon Wren-Lewis A little over ten years ago I was approached by some health experts who wanted to look at the economic effects of an influenza pandemic. …
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Egypt Today The Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease was announced a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on Wednesday, after it infected 118,000 people in 114 countries and claimed the lives of 4,291. “WHO is deeply concerned by the alarming levels of the coronavirus spread, severity and inaction, it expects …
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