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1. marxists.catbull.com/archive/marx/works/1863/letters/63_04_09.htm.

2. qz.com/1832058/how-coronavirus-is-changing-your-sex-life/.

3. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen.

4. slate.com/human-interest/2020/01/coronavirus-outbreak-sars-swine-flu-viral-history.html.

5. www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/world/asia/coronavirus-japan-china.html.

6. www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/trump-on-coronavirus-from-china-we-have-it-totally-under-control.html.

7. www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/25/coronavirus-puts-50m-people-in-china-under-lunar-new-year-lockdown.

8. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/donald-trump-coronavirus-memos-warning-peter-navarro.

9. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/coronavirus-wuhan-doctor-ai-fen-speaks-out-against-authorities.

10. www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/china-s-aggressive-measures-have-slowed-coronavirus-they-may-not-work-other-countries.

11. www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/coronavirus-news.html.

12. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/we-are-at-a-critical-time-trumps-coronavirus-speech-in-full.

13. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-science-chief-defends-uk-measures-criticism-herd-immunity.

14. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196234/covid-19-imperial-researchers-model-likely-impact/.

15. www.gov.uk/government/publications/full-guidance-on-staying-at-home-and-away-from-others.

16. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/04/real-reason-uk-government-pursued-herd-immunity-and-why-it-was-abandoned.

17. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/test-trace-contain-how-south-korea-flattened-its-coronavirus-curve.

18. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/19/key-questions-for-a-covid-19-inquiry?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

19. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/18/how-did-britain-get-its-response-to-coronavirus-so-wrong?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

20. www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/01/more-than-nine-in-ten-people-worldwide-live-in-countries-with-travel-restrictions-amid-covid-19/.

21. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52144390.

22. www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/05/boris-johnson-boasted-of-shaking-hands-on-day-sage-warned-not-to.

23. www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/05/boris-johnson-admitted-to-hospital-with-coronavirus.

24. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mecca-pilgrimage-threatened-for-first-time-in-a-thousand-years-because-of-coronavirus-7glvkqwvr.

25. www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/24/nhs-hospitals-could-run-out-of-coronavirus-beds-in-a-fortnight.

26. https://www.ft.com/content/17c353c8-91b9-11e9-aea1-2b1d33ac3271.

27. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/21/nurse-shortage-causes-nightingale-hospital-to-turn-away-patients.

28. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/hertfordshire-hospital-forced-to-consider-who-should-be-refused-oxygen?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

29. www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-52519339.

30. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/racial-inequality-in-britain-found-a-risk-factor-for-covid-19.

31. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/black-people-four-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-ons-finds.

32. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/01/covid-19-deaths-twice-as-high-in-poorest-areas-in-england-and-wales?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet.

33. www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6.

34. www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/tracking-africa-coronavirus-cases-200401081427251.html.

35. ewn.co.za/2020/04/01/lesotho-s-suspected-covid-19-patient-dies.

36. www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-51862922/up-to-10000-in-uk-likely-to-have-coronavirus-chief-scientific-adviser.

37. coronavirus.data.gov.uk/?_ga=2.206354195.1634289683.1588152390–1018053434.1579699599.

38. www.spectator.co.uk/article/The-evidence-on-Covid-19-is-not-as-clear-as-we-think.

39. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/30/coronavirus-deaths-how-does-britain-compare-with-other-countries.

40. www.deccanherald.com/specials/cow-urine-a-panacea-for-all-diseases-815332.html.

41. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-targeting-muslims-spread-in-india?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

42. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/29/mobs-stop-indian-doctors-burials-covid-19.

43. www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-leeds-mosque/false-claimbritish-mosque-remains-openduring-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN21I3AX; www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/09/chinese-in-uk-report-shocking-levels-of-racism-after-coronavirus-outbreak.

44. fullfact.org/online/5g-and-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-came/.

45. edition.cnn.com/2020/04/27/tech/coronavirus-conspiracy-theory/index.html.

46. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/16/as-coronavirus-spreads-around-the-world-so-too-do-the-quack-cures.

47. www.businessinsider.com/hobby-lobby-reportedly-leaving-stores-open-message-from-god-2020-3?r=US&IR=T.

48. issafrica.org/iss-today/magufuli-confronts-covid-19-with-prayer-and-snake-oil.

49. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/uk-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-subject-doing-fine-online-death-rumours-elisa-granato?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

50. www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres20_e/pr855_e.htm.

51. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/coronavirus-putting-world-on-track-for-new-great-depression-says-who?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

52. www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/08/april-jobs-report-us-unemployment-rate.

53. www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/05/07/bank-of-england-warns-of-worst-economic-slump-since-1706/#36b0c8024a16.

54. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/16/its-catastrophic-fijis-colossal-tourism-sector-devastated-by-coronavirus?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

55. www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emerging/migrant-wages-sent-home-set-to-drop-142-billion-in-2020-world-bank-idUSKCN2241Y7.

56. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/singapore-million-migrant-workers-suffer-as-covid-19-surges-back.

57. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52352395.

58. www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/20/over-a-barrel-how-oil-prices-dropped-below-zero.

59. www.cfr.org/blog/nigeria-oil-dependent-not-oil-rich.

60. www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/29/polio-campaign-in-africa-put-on-hold-during-coronavirus.

61. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/australia-must-help-pacific-neighbours-fight-coronavirus-aid-groups-say.

62. cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/ICU-projections.html; www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/coronavirus-could-smoulder-in-africa-for-several-years-who-warns.

63. www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/26/uk-coronavirus-response-utterly-hypocritical-says-un-poverty-expert?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

64. www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/africa-coronavirus-cases-hit-10-million-months-200417055006127.html.

65. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/coronavirus-could-smoulder-in-africa-for-several-years-who-warns.

66. slate.com/human-interest/2020/01/coronavirus-outbreak-sars-swine-flu-viral-history.html.

67. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/01/10-key-lessons-for-future-learned-fighting-covid-19-coronavirus-society.

68. www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200415-how-can-we-be-sustainable-post-covid-19.

69. www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-business-travel.

70. www.cnet.com/news/sex-amid-social-distancing-how-the-coronavirus-crisis-is-changing-intimacy/.

71. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/what-coronavirus-can-teach-us-about-hope-rebecca-solnit.

72. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/coronavirus-pandemic-is-becoming-a-human-rights-crisis-un-warns.

73. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/04/i-just-want-to-go-home-the-desperate-millions-hit-by-modis-brutal-lockdown.

74. indianexpress.com/article/explained/coronavirus-india-lockdown-what-is-being-sprayed-on-migrants-is-it-safe-6339277/.

75. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52387962.

76. www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/01/extreme-coronavirus-lockdown-controls-raise-fears-for-worlds-poorest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

77. www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/02/malaysia-cites-covid-19-for-rounding-up-hundreds-of-migrants?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

78. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/new-zealand-prepares-to-lift-strict-lockdown-after-eliminating-coronavirus?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

79. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/21/kerala-indian-state-flattened-coronavirus-curve?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

80. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/08/two-piglets-for-a-kayak-fiji-returns-to-barter-system-as-covid-19-hits-economy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other.

81. www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/apr/22/animals-roaming-streets-coronavirus-lockdown-photos.

82. www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/30/clean-air-in-europe-during-lockdown-leads-to-11000-fewer-deaths.

83. www.salon.com/2020/04/26/the-black-death-led-to-the-demise-of-feudalism-could-this-pandemic-have-a-similar-effect/.

84. https://dailypost.vu/site/ge_results.html.

85. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/vanuatu-elects-new-prime-minister-as-country-reels-from-devastating-cyclone.

86. https://dailypost.vu/news/vanuatu-weathers-multiple-disasters/article_2896572a-7851-11ea-825a-03fd6d9f77d2.html.

87. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/its-all-gone-cyclone-harold-cuts-a-deadly-path-through-vanuatu.

88. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/413975/relief-efforts-begin-in-cyclone-hit-vanuat.

89. https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/yasur/news/101038/Yasur-Volcano-Volcanic-Ash-Advisory-ONGOING-LOW-LEVEL-ERUPTION-OBS-VA-DTG-021042Z-to-5000-ft-1500-m.html.

90. https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/mar/12/advice-from-a-country-with-regular-shortages-stop-hoarding-toilet-paper-get-ready-for-boredom.

91. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2019.1631806.

92. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/413610/graon-mo-jastis-wins-most-seats-in-final-results-from-vanuatu-election.

93. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-19/vanuatu-election-sees-17-women-run-against-almost-300-men/12059218.

94. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14662040500304833?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=fccp20.

95. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/coronavirus-fears-and-controversial-passport-sales-vanuatus-election-explained.

96. https://www.commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/commonwealth/buy-a-villa-get-citizenship-free/.

97. https://dailypost.vu/site/ge_results.html.

98. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/414520/two-vanuatu-blocs-claim-to-have-enough-to-form-government.

99. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/410350/vanuatu-s-caretaker-pm-bailed-after-court-appearance.

100. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/408899/vanuatu-s-caretaker-pm-facing-perjury-charge-report.

101. https://dailypost.vu/news/pm-outlines-new-gov-t-priorities/article_98a94b70-84dc-11ea-84e4-df985c599610.html.

102. https://covid19.gov.vu/.

103. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/if-it-comes-it-will-be-a-disaster-life-in-vanuatu-one-of-the-only-countries-without-coronavirus.