Coronavirus
Brazilians celebrate arrival of Venezuelan oxygen supplies to struggling Manaus
Following the collapse of the healthcare system in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Venezuela has sent 130,000 liters of oxygen and a brigade of...
Hungary Becomes First EU Country to Authorise Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine
by Sergei Gridnev
Jan. 21, 2021
Bloomberg earlier reported that the Hungarian drug regulator had issued a recommendation to authorise the use of the Sputnik V...
Swedish Gov’t Accused of Advocating ‘Broad Infection Spread’, Pushing Same COVID...
by Igor Kuznetsov
Jan.18, 2021
Sweden's lax COVID-19 approach has triggered polarising reactions across the globe, ranging from admiration to scepticism. Still, many more Swedes have...
Key workers witnessing ‘worst child poverty levels they can remember’
Labour to lead parliamentary motion to cancel universal credit cuts and extend free school meals
by Bethany Rielly
Jan. 18, 2021
KEY WORKERS are seeing “the worst...
Mute on Washington coup, UK ruling elite turns fire against China
By Julie Hyland
Jan. 18, 2021
The British government has been at pains to downplay the January 6 coup attempt by outgoing US President Donald Trump,...
Sweden’s “herd immunity” policy produces disaster
By Bryan Dyne
14 December 2020
The “herd immunity” policy pursued by the Swedish government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has produced a catastrophe. With...
Now the Swedish model has failed, it’s time to ask who...
A light-touch approach to Covid-19 doesn’t work. But that didn’t stop pundits and thinktanks from advocating it for the UK
Sun 3 Jan 2021
When...
Covid-19 pandemic ’caused by separate outbreaks’ around the world, China was...
3 Jan, 2021
Research suggests that the coronavirus pandemic was likely the result of outbreaks in many places around the globe, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...
‘We may never find patient zero’: WHO urges to be ‘careful’...
16 Jan, 2021
The identity of the initial case of Covid-19, the so-called ‘patient zero,’ might remain a mystery forever, the WHO said, as it...
The approach of the World Socialist Web Site to science
By Bryan Dyne
2 November 2020
The WSWS is publishing the speeches delivered by leading members of the ICFI and contributors to the WSWS at the...