2020 Coronavirus

The process of receiving financial aid from the Kazakh government turned into a “quest” for Kazakhs.

Australia and New Zealand have begun easing restrictions and are discussing the possibility of a “COVID-safe travel zone” between the two countries.

Regional governments are retooling surveillance systems in their “smart” cities to fight the pandemic, heightening existing concerns of rights and privacy.

Reports about the connection between the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Wuhan Institute of Virology risk feeding conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.

Amid the flood of assessments, we should be mindful of the challenges and limitations inherent in evaluating national performance on the coronavirus.

Kazakhstan isn't quite out of the woods, but the government has ended the state of emergency and outlined plans for a staged re-opening.

Singapore has treated the recent spike in COVID-19 cases among foreign workers as a separate outbreak.

While Japan’s central government moved slowly to respond to COVID-19, prefectural governors sprung into action. That could have lasting consequences.

The Duterte administration’s COVID-19 response marries incompetence with militarism.

A music video ode to “friendly neighbors across the sea” can’t patch over growing discontent with China in the Philippines.

India’s first coronavirus case was discovered in Kerala in January. Local authorities moved swiftly to confront the threat.

In an op-ed to mark 45 years of EU-China relations, a reference to the coronavirus originating in China was removed at Beijing’s request.