Rising Covid-19 cases are making depression and mental health crises worse

Rising Covid-19 cases are making depression and mental health crises worse: Survey data shows the mental health strain of the pandemic.

One-quarter of the world may not get a Covid-19 vaccine until 2022

One-quarter of the world may not get a Covid-19 vaccine until 2022: As wealthy governments race to lock in supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, nearly a quarter of the world’s population — mostly in low and middle-income countries — will not have access to a shot until 2022, according to a new analysis.

As of mid-November, high income countries, including the European Union bloc, reserved 51% of nearly 7.5 billion doses of different Covid-19 vaccines, although these countries comprise just 14% of the world’s population. Meanwhile, only six of the 13 manufacturers working on Covid-19 vaccine candidates have reached agreements to sell their shots to low and middle-income countries.

The analysis, which was published in the BMJ, noted that access “varies markedly” across these countries. For instance, the U.S. reserved 800 million doses, but accounted for one-fifth of all Covid-19 cases globally. By contrast, Japan, Australia, and Canada reserved more than one billion doses, though these three countries combined did not account for even 1% of all current cases.

A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020

A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020: Almost no place has been spared — and no one.

The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On every continent, households have felt its devastation — joblessness and lockdowns, infirmity and death. And an abiding, relentless fear.

 

One in three regions have higher covid deaths in second wave

One in three regions have higher covid deaths in second wave: Over a third of European regions have had higher excess deaths this autumn than at any previous point during the pandemic, with a second outbreak that has spread beyond a few hard-hit regions.
As Europe’s second wave begins to pass its peak, we’ve gathered subnational data from over 750 regions, allowing us to track the true toll of the coronavirus pandemic.