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SINGAPORE - APRIL 21: A foreign worker is seen outside his dormitory room on April 21, 2020 in Singapore. Singapore is now battling to control a huge outbreak in the coronavirus (COVID-19) local transmission cases among the migrant workers as it recorded a daily high of 1426 new COVID-19 cases on April 20, bringing the country's total to 8014. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)
International

Singapore was once a coronavirus hero, but now it’s a cautionary tale. What happened?

By Faris Mokhtar and Bloomberg
April 21, 2020
A researcher works on virus replication in order to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus COVID-19, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on March 26, 2020. - The Ministry of Health convened The Technological Vaccine Center of the Federal University of Minas Gerais laboratory to conduct research on the coronavirus COVID-19 in order to diagnose, test and develop a vaccine. (Photo by Douglas MAGNO / AFP) (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO/AFP via Getty Images)
Health

A coronavirus vaccine in 18 months? Medical experts say it’s not that simple

By James Paton and Bloomberg
March 31, 2020
A worker wearing a protective mask and gloves carries Amazon.com Inc. boxes during a delivery in the Bronx borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, March 26, 2020. New York City is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, putting historic pressure on a world-renowned healthcare system as the number of confirmed cases in the area grows exponentially. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Leadership

Amazon workers in New York warehouse set to strike Monday on coronavirus safety fears

By Luke Kawa and Bloomberg
March 30, 2020
This photo taken on March 15, 2020 shows a worker walking past molten steel at a foundry in Wuyi, China's eastern Zhejiang province. - China's industrial production, retail sales and investment all contracted in the first two months of the year after the coronavirus epidemic wreaked havoc on the economy, official data showed on March 16. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
International

China’s coronavirus economic slump was even worse than feared

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March 16, 2020
Gauze, test kits, viral drugs: As coronavirus savages markets, it also mints billionaires
International

Gauze, test kits, viral drugs: As coronavirus savages markets, it also mints billionaires

By Blake Schmidt, Venus Feng, Pei Yi Mak and Bloomberg
March 13, 2020
US President Donald Trump addresses the Nation from the Oval Office about the widening novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Washington, DC on March 11, 2020. - President Donald Trump announced on March 11, 2020 the United States would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days starting to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. "To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect Friday at midnight," Trump said in an address to the nation. (Photo by Doug Mills / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DOUG MILLS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Leadership

Inside the White House meeting that led Trump to make his Oval Office coronavirus speech

By Jennifer Jacobs, Nick Wadhams, Saleha Mohsin, Josh Wingrove and Bloomberg
March 13, 2020
A woman visits a hospital with a child in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 13, 2020. - China reported just eight cases of the coronavirus on March 13, with no new domestic infections outside the epicentre of Hubei province. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
International

China’s number of daily new coronavirus infections has fallen into the single digits

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March 13, 2020
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‘If we sanitize, it will be fine:’ Cruise fans ignore U.S. warning against setting sail

By Francisco Alvarado and Bloomberg
March 10, 2020
A medical staff member (L) collects sample from a girl for a nucleic acid test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a residental area in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 5, 2020. - China on March 5 reported 31 more deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, taking the country's overall toll past 3,000, with the number of new infections slightly increasing. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
International

Lessons from the coronavirus front lines: What doctors in Wuhan have learned about treating Covid-19

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March 5, 2020
Tourists wearing a protective mask walk in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on March 03, 2020. - Italy urged tourists spooked by the coronavirus not to stay away, but efforts to reassure the world it was managing the outbreak were overshadowed by confusion over case numbers. Hotel bookings in Milan have plummeted to 20 percent, compared to nearly 90 percent normally at this time of year, while in Rome, far from the northern hotspots over 50 percent of bookings have been cancelled until the end of March, hotel association Federalberghi said. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)
International

‘Collective psychosis:’ As coronavirus fears grow, the world travel industry stares into the abyss

By Naomi Kresge, Flavia Rotondi, Richard Weiss and Bloomberg
March 4, 2020
BEIJING -- Cao Liyao C, a female health worker on a team of 136 Beijing medical workers, kisses goodbye to her husband Wang Bin before leaving for Wuhan of Hubei Province to join the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei via Getty Images)
International

The 1-meter rule: virologists pan high fives, ‘bro hugs,’ and kissing as the coronavirus spreads

By Thomas Mulier, Marthe Fourcade and Bloomberg
February 26, 2020
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: A couple sit on a bench in the morning sun in Greenwich park with Canary Wharf seen in the distance on February 12, 2020 in London, England. High winds, rain and snow from Storm Ciara has brought damage and disruption to public transport and communities across the United Kingdom this week. Storm Dennis is expected to arrive later in the week and with it bringing more widespread strong winds and heavy rain. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: A couple sit on a bench in the morning sun in Greenwich park with Canary Wharf seen in the distance on February 12, 2020 in London, England. High winds, rain and snow from Storm Ciara has brought damage and disruption to public transport and communities across the United Kingdom this week. Storm Dennis is expected to arrive later in the week and with it bringing more widespread strong winds and heavy rain. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
International

London joins coronavirus work-from-home trend as Chevron sends traders home over sick employee

By Kevin Crowley, Catherine Ngai, Laura Hurst, Sheela Tobben and Bloomberg
February 26, 2020
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 24: A disinfection professional wears protective gear spray anti-septic solution against the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a National Assembly on February 24, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. The National Assembly called off its plenary session and temporarily closed its buildings after it was learned that a coronavirus patient attended a parliamentary forum last week. Government has raised the coronavirus alert to the "highest level" as confirmed case numbers keep rising. Government reported 231 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the total number of infections in the nation to 833, with the potentially fatal illness spreading fast across the country. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
International

Italy, Iran, South Korea: Coronavirus pandemic fears grow as cases spike outside China

By Rachel Chang and Bloomberg
February 24, 2020
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 21: A medical professional is seen at a preliminary testing facility at the National Medical Center where patients suspected of contracting coronavirus (COVID-19) are assessed on February 21, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea reported 52 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the total number of infections in the nation to 156, with the potentially fatal illness spreading fast across the country. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
International

Coronavirus epidemic enters new phase as cases outside of China spike

By Jeff Sutherland and Bloomberg
February 21, 2020
WUHAN, Feb. 19, 2020 -- Patients who recovered from novel coronavirus pneumonia pose for photos with medical staff in the Taikang Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 19, 2020. A total of 13 patients infected with NCP recovered and were discharged on Wednesday in Taikang Tongji Hospital. (Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua via Getty Images)
International

The Chinese province at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak changes how it counts cases—again

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February 20, 2020

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