Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty / … The Gig Economy Has Never Been Tested by a Pandemic
Companies such as Uber and Instacart have transformed the urban experience, but would they hold up if the coronavirus spread across America?
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Wana News Agency / Reuters Coronavirus Could Break Iranian Society
The government has refused to impose quarantines and is encouraging people to visit the city of Qom, the center of the outbreak.
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Courtesy of Philip Courter I Prepared for Everything, but Not Coronavirus on a Cruise Ship
Last year, I published a thriller set on a cruise. A few weeks ago, I found myself quarantined on the Diamond Princess.
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Xiao Yijiu / Xinhua / eyevine / Redux You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.
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China Daily CDIC / Reuters Democracies Are Better at Fighting Outbreaks
China’s harsh response to the coronavirus has influential admirers, but Western nations recognize that public health fundamentally depends on public trust.
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Aly Song / Reuters How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw
China’s use of surveillance and censorship makes it harder for Xi Jinping to know what’s going on in his own country.
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Ann Wang / Reuters Coronavirus Is Devastating Chinese Tourism
Countries have closed off their borders with China, airlines have slashed flights, and hotels have seen a big drop-off in bookings.
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Aly Song / Reuters Photos: Life in the Time of Coronavirus
Images from Wuhan, Beijing, Shanghai, and other locations in China over the past two weeks, as residents continue to cope with COVID-19
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Nicholas Kamm / Getty The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Bring Out the Worst in Trump
Virology isn’t politics.
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China Daily CDIC / Reuters China’s Chernobyl Never Seems to Arise
Democracy is unlikely to break out in Beijing, but the coronavirus crisis may create an opening for a softer form of authoritarianism.
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happy together / shutterstock / arsh raziuddin / … A Coronavirus Quarantine in America Could Be a Giant Legal Mess
America’s defense against epidemics is divided among more than 2,000 individual public-health departments, which makes implementing a national strategy very difficult.
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Isabel Pavia / Getty A Real Solution for Airport Security
Keep calm and wash your hands.
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Paul Taylor / Getty / Katie Martin / … The Coronavirus Is a Data Time Bomb
It will be a long time before we understand what the outbreak did to the global economy.
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Kin Cheung / Reuters Coronavirus Is Spreading Because Humans Are Healthier
Medical advances have dramatically extended life spans worldwide, but investment in basic health care has not kept up.
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CDC / Getty The Best Defense Against Disturbing New Diseases
The global fight against coronavirus depends on the health systems of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
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Fox Photos / Getty 20 Seconds to Optimize Hand Wellness
One of the world’s most crucial and selfless acts is still simply washing your hands.
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Sebastien Calvet/REA/Redux My Hometown Is Being Ravaged by the Coronavirus
My friend in Wuhan messaged me: “Don’t come back for Chinese New Year.”
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Noel Celis / AFP via Getty The New Coronavirus Is a Truly Modern Epidemic
New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works—and where it fails.
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Thomas Peter / Reuters A Virus With a Deadly Boring Name
2019-nCoV isn't going to cut it long term.
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China Photos / Reuters Coronavirus Is Coming—And Trump Isn’t Ready
In order to combat the disease, the president will have to trust the kind of government experts he has disdained and dismissed.
