Pandemic

Your digest of analysis and commentary from the British and international press

Your digest of analysis and commentary from the British and international press

Have you been paying attention to the year’s biggest events?

Your digest of analysis and commentary from the British and international press

Health secretary claims speedy approval of Pfizer jab is thanks to UK’s impending departure from EU

Charities mark World Aids Day by calling for wider testing to halt new transmissions of the virus

Critics voice privacy concerns as minister leading vaccination rollout says leisure venues may turn away customers who haven’t had jab

Italy and Spain have recorded highest daily death tolls since spring

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 10 November

Government scientist predicts pandemic may be brought under control by spring

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 6 November

Experts say lockdown measures are having ‘devastating effects’ but critics warn that exposure strategy carries serious risks

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 6 October

Royal Society warns it may take up to a year to distribute Covid-19 jabs

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 29 September

Sombre milestone punctuates extraordinary year - with experts suggesting a vaccine is still a long way off

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 22 September

PM Jean Castex and other ministers are facing legal action over virus policy following record-breaking rise in Covid cases

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 15 September

Boris Johnson fails to rule out potential festive disruptions after introducing new limit on social gatherings

Xiong’an is being championed by President Xi Jinping as a ‘new standard’ for post-coronavirus era

Scientists are mapping out the potential effects of higher viral loads in Covid

Top official says localised lockdown measures are key to tackling Covid

FOI request reveals that between just 10% and 15% of Cabinet Office staff have returned to office

Coronavirus frustration, firearms sales increases and George Floyd protests among reasons for hike

New G4 flu strain has jumped from pigs to humans

Officials express cautious optimism as death tolls fall in both nations

Spanish, Asian and Hong Kong flu killed millions before medical advances and social measures brought them to a close

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 25 March

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 17 March

Microbiology expert considers the causes for optimism

Experts says immune system may work against the body in severe cases of the infection

Coronavirus has reminded us of 1918 and the influenza that killed up to 100 million

Supplies of food, tech and fashion goods at threat as factories across China close doors