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COVID-19: taking stock | Scientists seek solutions

Posted by: The Conversation Global

Date: Monday, 30 March 2020

 

Editor's note

News headlines continue to be dominated by the growing number of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, the urgent measures being taken to stem the tide of the pandemic and the cataclysmic economic consequences already being felt. Standing back from the immediate urgency of unfolding events, Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, and Robert Muggah, Associate Lecturer at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, offer a wide-ranging perspective on the current crisis. They cast their minds back to the mistakes that got us here and forward to what needs to be done. They conclude that, if we can work together – both within our countries and internationally to overcome the divides that have allowed the threats of pandemics to fester – out of the terrible fire of this pandemic a new world order could be forged.

Meanwhile, scientists around the world are working non-stop to find effective, safe treatments – or even a vaccine – for COVID-19. Ignacio López-Goñi examines the various medical and scientific angles that are being pursued.

Caroline Southey

Editor

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