An Angolan isolation centre for those repatriated lacks screening, space, and even toilet paper

Moldova's meme heroes promote solidarity with Eurosong spoof amid COVID-19 crisis

Kenyan star runner Eliud Kipchoge says 2020 Olympics postponement is ‘shocking but noble’

Market mayhem in Uganda as COVID-19 measures upend women’s lives

Papua New Guinea nurses strike over lack of protection against COVID-19

"Staff safety is paramount and those in authority must put themselves into our shoes and understand exactly why we are doing this."

Hundreds of Croatians left homeless by earthquake amid COVID-19 crisis

The quake hit shortly after the city had implemented restriction measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, bringing additional stress to Croatians.

Musicians in East Africa rush to produce ‘corona’ songs — even as the industry falters

Forty years on, a locked-down El Salvador remembers the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero online

Kosovo government first to fall in worldwide coronavirus crisis

No coronavirus cases in Donetsk and Luhansk, say separatist authorities

Can Zimbabwe handle the coronavirus amid a collapsing health care system?

COVID-19 diaries from Wuhan: Looking for human connection in isolation

Global Voices will publish Ai and Guo's diaries from Wuhan in a series. The following words were written in the second week of the lockdown between January 29-February 4, 2020.

Tunes in the time of corona: A playlist from Trinidad & Tobago hits all the right notes

Outrage after Indonesian politicians among first in line to get tested for COVID-19

"A lot of people are angry with parliamentarians as even doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers - the people on the front lines - are not being tested."

Maldives: Can a country so dependent on tourism afford a lockdown?

Across Africa, COVID-19 heightens tension between faith and science

Coronavirus and surveillance technology: How far will governments go?

Azerbaijan signals a lockdown and a crackdown in fight against coronavirus

Attempting to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Azerbaijan's president has closed the country's borders, emptied its streets, cancelled large public gatherings, and given a fiery speech against the opposition.

Croatia's earthquake risk disrupting partial lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak

The quake left 27 people injured and caused extensive material damage to Zagreb.

Classified data shows that China's official figure of zero domestic COVID-19 cases excludes asymptomatic carriers

According to classified data seen by the South China Morning Post, asymptomatic COVID-19/coronavirus carriers who tested positive have not been included in the official count of confirmed cases in China.

Combating ‘fake news’ in the time of COVID-19 in Myanmar

"Thousands of social media users made a group and a network to serve as watchdogs for fake news on social media."