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As the year draws to a close, here’s a timeline of the biggest stories of 2020, as told by the @telegraph Global Health team
As the year draws to a close, here’s a timeline of the biggest stories of 2020, as told by the @telegraph Global Health team
2020 had barely begun when @sneweyy informed @telegraph readers of a mystery lung infection that has struck nearly 60 people in central China https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/chinese-authorities-scramble-identify-cause-mysterious-disease/
It quickly became clear that China’s live animal markets are a perfect breeding ground for emerging infectious diseases. @annegulland explained why https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-outbreakchinese-live-animal-markets-recipe-disaster/
At the end of January, @sophia_yan and @joerwallen reported on the first speculated cases of human-to-human transmission of a then-unnamed coronavirus https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/indian-teacher-china-believed-first-foreigner-have-contracted/
Our reporter on the inside, @sophia_yan, continued to kept us updated on Wuhan’s perilous situation https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/31/inside-wuhan-dead-man-lies-empty-streets-coronavirus-ground/
In February, when much of the world was mostly oblivious to the devastation soon to unfold. @annegulland had her eye on the story behind the data https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-new-data-china-tells-us-disease/
Soon it was clear what kind of threat Covid-19 posed to Britain.
@paulnuki unpicked the then-unpublished details of Exercise Cygnus – the pandemic warnings buried by the government https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/28/exercise-cygnus-uncovered-pandemic-warnings-buried-government/
@paulnuki unpicked the then-unpublished details of Exercise Cygnus – the pandemic warnings buried by the government https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/28/exercise-cygnus-uncovered-pandemic-warnings-buried-government/
By March it was obvious the spread of the virus was out of control. @PaulNuki and @sneweyy broke down who was most at risk https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/07/four-patients-four-outcomes-case-studies-show-coronavirus-could/
In April, we published our first account from a critical care medic on the Covid-19 frontline. Read the series in full here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/from-the-red-zone/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/from-the-red-zone/
By May the wider effects of the coronavirus pandemic were beginning to show. @sneweyy brought you this chilling report from @UNICEF https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/unicef-warns-lockdown-could-kill-covid-19-model-predicts-12/
. @jriggers also covered a harrowing trend: After domestic violence skyrocketed in lockdown, women in Ecuador turned to emoji coded pleas to ask for help https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/women-ecuador-sending-emoji-coded-pleas-help-domestic-violence/
The pandemic left many people at a loss this year. In May @JKellyLinden uncovered this interesting trend https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/pandemic-prompts-surge-interest-prayer-google-data-show/
Care homes have been on the frontline of the UK’s battle against the pandemic. @sneweyy and @SimonTownsley discovered the devastating impact on one
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/covid-care-homes/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/covid-care-homes/
Covid isn’t the only disease outbreak to happen this year. In June @sneweyy and @_Will_Brown fought to draw attention to DRC’s fight against Ebola https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/experts-scramble-confirm-second-ebola-outbreak-drc/
Most newspapers have been locked out of hospitals, but in June @abi_butcher and @SimonTownsley were given exclusive access to the Royal Brompton ICU
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/at-the-edge-of-life/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/at-the-edge-of-life/
Covid isn’t done with us yet and here’s an even more sobering reality: the next pandemic may already have started. @PaulNuki and @sneweyy’s explained: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/spillover-origins-covid-19-next-pandemic-may-already-have-started/
Eight months into the outbreak the @who shifted its stance on airborne transmission. @annegulland brought you the story https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/turn-air-conditioning-experts-say-shifts-stance-airborne-coronavirus/
In August, @_Will_Brown and @ZekuZelalem’s investigation uncovered the harrowing story of African migrants 'left to die' in Saudi Arabia’s hellish Covid detention centres https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/investigation-african-migrants-left-die-saudi-arabias-hellish/
The pandemic is forcing poverty-stricken parents to make desperate choices. As Covid-19 tightened its grip, @jriggers reported on the rise in child exploitation https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/children-sale-pandemic-forcing-poverty-stricken-parents-make/
By September coronavirus deaths had hit one million. As fatalities continued to climb, @annegulland and @DominicGilbert asked three experts what could happen next https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/29/coronavirus-deaths-hit-one-million-many-lives-will-claim/
Remember when big food and drink brands doing good were all we could talk about in lockdown? @JKellyLinden looked into the sinister side of all those free donut drops to frontline workers https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/revealed-junk-food-alcohol-brands-turned-covid-19-worlds-largest/
In October, @sneweyy reported from Manaus, in Brazil, which has suffered one of the world’s most devastating outbreaks
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/brazils-covid-19-epicentre/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/brazils-covid-19-epicentre/
With the UK heading into lockdown for a second time, @PaulNuki detailed six crucial pandemic lessons the government ignored https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/six-crucial-pandemic-lessons-government-ignored/
With multiple vaccines on the horizon, @PaulNuki and @sneweyy unpicked the difficult decisions Governments across the world face when to comes to deciding who gets them first https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/real-contagion-governments-face-agonising-decisions-vaccinate/
Problems with England’s Track and Trace system have been rife from day one. @JKellyLinden and @jriggers’s investigation revealed just how much of shambles the system is https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/englands-contact-tracing-system-complex-workers-fear-wrong-advice/
Since November was dominated by pesky minks and promising results from vaccine trials, you might have missed this from @sneweyy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/virus-hunters-unveils-team-10-scientists-trace-covid-19-origins/
In December @_Will_Brown and @SimonTownsley found themselves in Burkina Faso. Caught between jihadists and climate change, the region faces an almighty humanitarian crisis https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/famine-in-the-sahel/
It’s been almost a year since Sars-Cov-2 was first discovered and the world already has a handful of efficacious vaccines ready to go. @benfarmerDT explained why Oxford and AstraZeneca’s breakthrough was particularly significant https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/30/oxfordastrazeneca-vaccine-set-game-changer-developing-world/
Britain has promised to vaccinate millions of citizens by March. @JKellyLinden found out how the Government plans to pull off one of the biggest vaccine campaigns in history https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/behind-the-scenes-volunteer-army-preparing-roll-coronavirus/
The UK might have at least two vaccines at our disposal, but how do they work? @sneweyy and @PaulNuki spoke to the woman behind the mRNA technology used to create the Pfizer-BioNTech jab https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/redemption-one-scientists-unwavering-belief-mrna-gave-world/
India is one of the worst hit countries in the world. @joerwallen visited the capital’s ICUs to find out how doctors were coping with Delhi’s third wave https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/delhi-doctors-break-city-grapples-third-wave-covid-19/
And finally our global health editor @paulnuki looks back on 2020 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/long-thought-pandemic-likely-amusement-newsroom-colleagues/
What a year it has been...
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