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The country entered a general nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic, [22] which was lifted on 15 May 2020. [ 23 ] The state of Victoria , particularly its capital city of Melbourne , the country's second most populous city with five million residents, entered an extended lockdown on 7 July 2020 in response ...
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education for 1.6 billion students at its peak, exacerbating the gender divide with disproportionately greater learning losses among girls and increased risks of child labor, gender-based violence, early marriage, and pregnancy in some countries. [60] School closures during the pandemic resulted in significant ...
The figures presented are based on reported cases and deaths. While in several high-income countries the ratio of total estimated cases and deaths to reported cases and deaths is low and close to 1, for some countries it may be more than 10 [7] or even more than 100. [8] Implementation of COVID-19 surveillance methods varies widely. [9]
In 2021, member countries asked the U.N. health agency to oversee negotiations to figure out how the world might better share scarce resources and stop future viruses from spreading globally.
The world is unprepared for another health crisis like COVID-19, a leading global health expert has warned, as countries make a last push to agree a way forward for a pandemic treaty amid fears ...
Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate, the U.N. Development Program said Wednesday.
The following countries were listed as safe countries amidst the pandemic – Australia, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand and Thailand. The European Council suggested member states to gradually remove restrictions for China, subject to confirmation of reciprocity. [103] Countries in the European Union/Schengen Area:
More than 127 million people have been infected by the virus first detected in China in late 2019.