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How the Republic of Korea flattened the COVID-19 curve: openness, transparency and democracy

The Republic of Korea discovered its first COVID19 case on 20 January 2020 The Korean Centres for Disease Control immediately organized a meeting with biomedicine companies to provide the genetic map of the coronavirus released by the WHO and to ask them to develop test kits After two weeks the test kits were developed and approved for use after one week On 20 February 2020 the number of cases began to explode in and around the City of Daegu to nearly 9000 cases in less than a month making the Republic of Korea one of the most dangerous places in the world The size and the speed of the outbreak seemed to be uncontrollable

COVID-19: research partnership launched with Harvard’s Department of Sociology on racism and xenophobia

© Thahitun Mariam Bronx Mutual Aid Network for Covid19 UNESCO has launched a partnership with the AAPI COVID19 Project housed in Harvard Universitys Department of Sociology The AAPI COVID19 Project is a multimethod project investigating how COVID19 is shaping the lives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders AAPI communities in the United States focusing on the intensification of racism and xenophobia faced by these groups

The first International Day to Protect Education from Attack

On 9 September the world observed the first International Day to Protect Education from Attack that was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly last May Global leaders and celebrities from all walks of life stepped up support for actions against attacks on education during the commemorative highlevel virtual event organized by the State of Qatar UNESCO UNICEF and Education Above All Foundation

September 10, 2020

Combatting racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Since March 2020 STOP AAPI HATE has received over 2500 reports of incidents of racism and attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders AAPI in the United States Although 38 of the hate incidents took place at businesses STOP AAPI HATE reports that discrimination affects people of all ages one in seven of those reporting were young people under 20 years old 14 and elderly individuals made up 75 of the respondents Their national report shows verbal harassment and namecalling made up over 70 of the incidents which affected women 24 times more than men

November 10, 2020

UNESCO cities mobilize against COVID-19

Over 50000 doctors from public hospitals in Beijing Peoples Repof China offer since January 2020 free consultations related to coronavirus on WeDoctor a private medical care platform An outdoor digital advertisement about social distancing during the COVID19 outbreak in Chicago USA In Rome Italy the international cinema festival Alice nella città launched the Cinema da casa initiative projecting movies on buildings so people could watch from home

January 18, 2022

#COVID19 #StayAtHome: What home? Caring for the vulnerable in U.S. cities