Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:48:48 +0000
The COVID-19 pandemic is laying bare two unavoidable facts about our new reality: we are more interconnected than ever, and cities are at the front lines of this crisis and will be at the front lines of any similarly globalized crisis in the future
Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 06:20:45 +0000
First, I am not a scientist. I think I have a knack for making a logical picture of a situation. Those pictures are often usable, and sometimes completely wrong
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 08:29:50 +0000
Science: do it. Iceland has decided to jump right into proper scientific methodology in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than “panic now and evaluate later.” The country, which has followed similar social distancing strategies as other European nations, has been conducting a random sample (i.e., scientifically useful) test of its population — with results from 1.5% of its population so far. This means it is testing a true representative portion of its population
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 08:29:50 +0000
Science: do it. Iceland has decided to jump right into proper scientific methodology in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than “panic now and evaluate later.” The country, which has followed similar social distancing strategies as other European nations, has been conducting a random sample (i.e., scientifically useful) test of its population — with results from 1.5% of its population so far. This means it is testing a true representative portion of its population
Credit to Author: Nathan Griffiths| Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:16:32 +0000
Countries that slapped on tough quarantine and social distancing rules fast and hard are already recovering
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:40:35 +0000
THE Philippine government has allowed Filipino tourists to travel again to South Korea, except in North Gyeongsang province, the epicenter of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, Malacañang announced on Tuesday. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) reached the decision during a meeting on the same day to further […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Lisbet K. Esmael| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:50:10 +0000
FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will continue flying between the Philippines and South Korea, but under new guidelines released after the government imposed a limited ban on Filipinos traveling to the East Asian country, which saw its cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) dramatically spike. In a Viber message on Thursday, PAL Spokesman Cielo […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:48:37 +0000
FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Thursday said it still maintained the same number of regular flights to and from South Korea despite the two-way travel restrictions. “We still maintain the same number of flight frequencies for now. Shall let you know should we cut back on flight frequencies. At the very least, we may […]
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:05:23 +0000
A 23-year-old soldier and a military spouse, both in South Korea, are infected with Covid-19.
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Credit to Author: Bettina Makalintal| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:27:36 +0000
As of 2015, more than 360,000 households across South Korea lived in similar semi-underground apartments.
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