U.S. Sends Unproven COVID-19 Treatment HCQ To Brazil; Russia Set To Introduce COVID-19 Drug; India Begins To Open Amid Rising Cases; African Nations Struggle To Find Escaped Quarantine Patients
AFRICA
Global Press Journal: Defying Uganda’s Ban, Motorcycle Taxis Remain Lifeline for Patients (Segawa/Agiresaasi, 5/31).
The Guardian: African nations fail to find coronavirus quarantine escapees (Burke/Chingono, 5/31).
PRI: Coronavirus exposes Sudan’s broken health care system (Gikandi, 5/29).
Reuters: Some medics say they are muzzled in Egypt’s coronavirus response (5/29).
ASIA
AP: Nepal volunteers become local heroes during virus pandemic (Gurubacharya, 6/1).
AP: India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise (Saaliq, 6/1).
The Guardian: Patients share beds as coronavirus cases overwhelm Mumbai’s hospitals (Ellis-Petersen, 5/28).
EUROPE
Financial Times: Government defends decision to ease English lockdown restrictions (Pickard, 5/31).
Reuters: Russia’s PM says ‘grounds for cautious optimism’ in coronavirus fight (Korsunskaya/Marrow, 6/1).
Reuters: Exclusive: Russia to roll out its first approved COVID-19 drug next week (Osborn, 6/1).
LATIN AMERICA
AP: U.S. sends Brazil malaria drug unproven for COVID-19 treatment (5/31).
The Guardian: Is Bolivia’s ‘interim’ president using the pandemic to outstay her welcome? (Blair/Bercerra, 5/31).
Reuters: Chile surpasses 1,000 coronavirus deaths, almost 100,000 cases confirmed (Cambero/Bronstein, 5/31).
Wall Street Journal: A Mayor Fights Covid-19 With Free Food as Colombia Faces Rising Toll (Otis, 5/30).
MIDDLE EAST
AFP: Iran says virus cases surpass 150,000 (5/31).
NORTH AMERICA
AP: U.S. cities fear protests may fuel new wave of virus outbreaks (Melley et al., 5/31).
The Atlantic: The Protests Will Spread the Coronavirus (Meyer, 6/1).
Reuters: Lack of protective gear leaves Mexican nurses battling pandemic in fear (Esposito/Oré, 5/30).
STAT: When did the coronavirus start spreading in the U.S.? Likely in January, CDC analysis suggests (Branswell, 5/29).
Washington Post: CDC chief defends failure to spot early coronavirus spread in U.S. (Sun/Achenbach, 5/29).
Washington Post: Canada’s Nunavut: A vast territory with few people — and no coronavirus (Coletta, 6/1).
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.