Cultureteca 07.06.20

Asia Pacific, Western Europe, and the Northeastern United States, each in their own ways former epicentres of coronavirus, were breathing more freely this week as the rest of the world sailed in...

Cultureteca 31.05.20

COVID-19 continued to surge this week across Latin America and South Asia, which remained global hotspots. Daily deaths in Brazil began to surpass those in the United States, and by the end...

Cultureteca 24.05.20

A week which began with Brazil racing into fourth place on the global coronavirus infection list ended with the country glancing up towards the United States, as soaring cases and record deaths...

Cultureteca 17.05.20

At the onset of another week under coronavirus, the World Health Organization encouraged ‘extreme vigilance’ as countries continued to ease lockdown measures. Japan lifted its state of emergency across 39 of 47...

Cultureteca 10.05.20

Global cases of COVID-19 surpassed 3.5 million at the start of another week of enduring death and easing restrictions. Across Asia-Pacific, states in Australia began opening up and New Zealand reported no...

Cultureteca 03.05.20

As reopening plans began to supersede coronavirus case counts in the public imagination, the week brought plenty of positives across Asia-Pacific. With no cases of community transmission in New Zealand, the director...

Cultureteca 26.04.20

Dwindling cases of coronavirus across Asia Pacific, the stabilisation of the outbreak in Europe, and the gradual easing of restrictions around the world were positives offset this week by persistently high fatalities...

Cultureteca 19.04.20

The new phase of life under coronavirus no longer sees rapid societal shifts and exponential spread, but rather stolid perseverance under creeping restrictions as deaths and rates of infection stabilise while exacting...

Cultureteca 12.04.20

As the world endured another stretch in the stockades of coronavirus, the start of the week brought mixed messages, with the crisis easing in previous hotspots across Asia and continental Europe while...