The coronavirus pandemic has affected over 5.4 million people worldwide and the global death toll has exceeded 345,000 according to NY Times. The US case total exceeded 1.6 million with a death toll of over 98,000. As the nation heads towards a 100K toll, the Times published a brilliant front page on Saturday, May 24th …
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Many of the epidemics and pandemics in modern times originated in China. For example, the Asian Flu (1956-1958), SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2002, H7N9 in 2012, etc. all started in China. Of course, the country is also the source for the current coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). The reasons for why China is the originator of …
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The total Covid-19 cases in the U.S. exceeds 1.6 million and the number of deaths 96,610 as of May 23, 2020 according to NY Times. Vietnam on the other hand has had just 324 cases so far with no deaths according to published data. The sharp contrast in these figures between the countries will be studied …
Pandemics are rare events. However when a pandemic hits the world, the impact on the global economy last a long time according to a research study by Keith Wade at Schroders. He notes that adverse effects can last up to 40 years. However in the current scenario, the impacts may not last that long but still the …
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The Top Weapons Supplier to China in 2018 and last year was Russia. Ukraine is also a major exporter to China. Among the Western countries the top suppliers are France, Germany, Switzerland and Germany according SIPRI. Click to enlarge Source: RFE/RL