You are here: Homepage Tag pandemic Articles “I expect citizens in Europe and the US to hold their governments to account over vaccine nationalism” Illustration: Timo Lenzen Pandemic | South Africa An overdose of egoism While politicians in the USA and Europe discuss herd immunity and booster shots, many African countries are still lacking vital vaccines. Once again, the West looks the other way By Malaika Mahlatsi 10/01/2021 Moscow in the 1930s Photo: Getty Images Historical fiction | Soviet Union The Soviet lockdown At the end of the 1930s, a plague epidemic was averted in Russia. Lyudmila Ulitskaya's novel about the era reads as a parable of our time. By Michail Schischkin 04/01/2021 Non-white health workers in Great Britain Illustration: Julia Praschma A story goes around the world Tragic heroes Great Britain was among the epicentres of the Corona pandemic. As it gathered pace, the crisis revealed a latent racism within the health system. By Preti Taneja 06/19/2020
“I expect citizens in Europe and the US to hold their governments to account over vaccine nationalism” Illustration: Timo Lenzen Pandemic | South Africa An overdose of egoism While politicians in the USA and Europe discuss herd immunity and booster shots, many African countries are still lacking vital vaccines. Once again, the West looks the other way By Malaika Mahlatsi 10/01/2021
Moscow in the 1930s Photo: Getty Images Historical fiction | Soviet Union The Soviet lockdown At the end of the 1930s, a plague epidemic was averted in Russia. Lyudmila Ulitskaya's novel about the era reads as a parable of our time. By Michail Schischkin 04/01/2021
Non-white health workers in Great Britain Illustration: Julia Praschma A story goes around the world Tragic heroes Great Britain was among the epicentres of the Corona pandemic. As it gathered pace, the crisis revealed a latent racism within the health system. By Preti Taneja 06/19/2020
