April 2020 - Anticentric

Pakistan’s first COVID-19 patient: “Please, please stay at home”

April 27, 2020 Khawar Khan

COVID-19 patient in Pakistan contracted the coronavirus in late February and was in isolation days later. “The symptoms and the severity of the disease were very high. I felt pain in my whole body. I couldn’t move my hands. The 10 days of quarantine… were very tough.” First patient urges

Coffee to get more expensive, hard to find as COVID-19 decimates production in Colombia

April 24, 2020 Sergio Held

With COVID-19 lockdowns in place, Colombia may not have enough workers to pick coffee crops and other fruits.

In Argentina’s chronic economic crisis, COVID-19 may simply speed up the inevitable

April 21, 2020 Diego Laje

Argentina was already on the brink of economic catastrophe before COVID-19. Things have only gotten worse.

COVID-19: South Korean elections show effective response to outbreak can gather support

April 16, 2020 David Ho

South Korea’s Minjoo Democratic Party won a landslide victory on the back of its effective response to Covid-19 as well as its liberal agenda.

Argentina: Economic crisis, COVID-19 and fears of corruption a volatile combination

April 9, 2020 Diego Laje

Argentina’s middle class is reaching a boiling point and facing down yet another deep economic crisis, more corruption and mistrust of the government as COVID-19 lockdowns extend.

COVID-19: Facing challenges on many fronts, Colombia taps the military to enforce quarantines

April 3, 2020 Sergio Held

Cases of COVID-19 have snowballed in Colombia, from a single patient that brought the virus from Italy in March 6 to 1,065 cases and 17 deaths by April 1. Colombia has imposed a shelter-in-place order. Still, many people are venturing out onto the streets, either from ignorance or necessity. Colombia

COVID-19: Sexist quarantine suggestions from Malaysian ministry go viral

April 2, 2020 David Ho

China is improving ties with the rest of the world in what is a late start compared to other countries. Its efforts to do so are being overshadowed by an increasingly insular world outside its borders. It remains to be seen if China can pick up the baton of globalization,