Brazil Possibly Next COVID-19 Epicenter; 7 U.N. Agencies Urge Libyan Ceasefire To Contain Virus; Lesotho Last African Nation To Confirm Coronavirus Case; Russian Health System Strains Under High Caseload
AFRICA
AP: Burundi kicks out top WHO official in country ahead of vote (Ssuuna/Anna, 5/14).
AP: Lesotho becomes last African nation to confirm a virus case (Moyo, 5/13).
The Guardian: Lesotho records first coronavirus case a week after lifting lockdown (Charumbira, 5/13).
PRI: Coronavirus — and locusts — threaten Kenya’s food security (Kusmer, 5/13).
ASIA
New York Times: Duterte’s Shutdown of TV Network Leaves Void Amid Coronavirus Crisis (Gutierrez, 5/14).
Quartz: One country might emerge from the pandemic stronger than before (Timsit, 5/13).
Wall Street Journal: China’s Wuhan Revs Up Testing Amid Second-Wave Coronavirus Fears (Fan, 5/13).
EUROPE
Bloomberg: Experts Question Why Coronavirus Hasn’t Killed More Russians (Meyer, 5/13).
POLITICO: Italy adopts massive coronavirus economic package (Leali, 5/13).
Wall Street Journal: Britain Starts Easing Lockdown as Pressure Builds on Boris Johnson (Douglas/Colchester, 5/13).
Wall Street Journal: The Dr. Fauci of Eastern Ukraine Tackles Coronavirus After Years of War (Marson, 5/13).
Washington Post: Russia’s coronavirus cases are spiking and the health system is struggling to keep pace (Dixon/Abbakumova, 5/13).
LATIN AMERICA
BBC: Coronavirus: Brazil records highest daily rise in deaths (Watson, 5/13).
DW: Coronavirus pandemic: Is Brazil the new epicenter? (Walter, 5/13).
New York Times: Latin America’s Outbreaks Now Rival Europe’s. But Its Options Are Worse (Kurmanaev et al., 5/12).
MIDDLE EAST
Al Jazeera: Saudi Arabia to enforce coronavirus curfew during Eid (5/13).
AP: 7 U.N. agencies urge Libya cease-fire to contain coronavirus (Lederer, 5/13).
NORTH AMERICA
Los Angeles Times: The whole world is spending to fight coronavirus. In Mexico, the leftist president is making cuts (Linthicum, 5/13).
Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus Testing Needs to Grow Sharply in U.S., House Panel Is Told (Burton, 5/13).
Washington Post: Mexico to start reopening border region, other areas as coronavirus lockdown eases (Sheridan, 5/13).
The Week: Experts believe Mexico’s coronavirus cases could be 17 times higher than official tally (Garcia, 5/13).
The KFF Daily Global Health Policy Report summarized news and information on global health policy from hundreds of sources, from May 2009 through December 2020. All summaries are archived and available via search.