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Time to prepare for 'Disease X'
Oped, Tom Achoki, Lawrence Were & Ahmed Ogwell, Published on 04/06/2024
» On Dec 12, 2019, a group of patients in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of an atypical pneumonia-like illness that did not respond well to standard treatments. Ninety days later, with more than 118,000 cases reported in 114 countries and 4,291 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic.
Save big trees
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/12/2023
» Our Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) cut down several big trees along Rim Khlong Prapa Road on Monday.
English not for everyone
Postbag, Published on 10/12/2023
» Re: "Let's speak English", (PostBag, Dec 9).
What pandemic preparedness would look like
Oped, Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 06/10/2023
» Humanity was caught off guard by the Covid-19 pandemic, even though we had effectively been warned by smaller-scale outbreaks -- of Sars, Ebola, Mers and avian flu -- for decades.
World must learn from Covid-19
Oped, Viroj Tangcharoensathien & Grata Endah Werdaningtyas, Published on 12/07/2023
» Some 194 countries are currently negotiating the world’s first pandemic accord. Born out of our lessons in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have agreed that we need effective mechanisms and measures in place to be able to better prevent, prepare for and respond to the next big threat.
History lesson
News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2023
» Re: "Detention deaths spur probe calls," (BP, Feb 24).
Retain citizen army
News, Published on 13/12/2022
» Re: "Conscription's days numbered", (Editorial, Dec 10).
So we're paying for THAI?
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2022
» Re: "THAI to borrow less amid recovery," (BP, Nov 24).
Grim logic
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/11/2022
» Re: "Financial injustice" and "What a cop out", (PostBag, Nov 11).
Recipe for peace
News, Published on 22/08/2022
» Re: "India at 75 and what might have been," (Opinion, Aug 20).