Beschreibung:
2020 was the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most significant global pandemic since the 'Spanish flu' in 1918-1919. This book provides an analysis of the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in a range of Commonwealth countries during 2020, covering public health, political, economic and international aspects.
Introduction: COVID-19 in the Commonwealth 1. In, but not of, Africa: a divided South Africa faces COVID-19 2. Canada and COVID-19: the longer-term geopolitical implications 3. India's domestic and foreign policy responses to COVID-19 4. COVID-19, Brexit and the United Kingdom - a year of uncertainty 5. COVID-19 in Nigeria 6. Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore: common threads, divergences, and lessons learned in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic 7. Impacts of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth Caribbean: key lessons 8. Australia and New Zealand: the pandemic Down Under 9. COVID-19 in the Pacific Island Commonwealth: microstates managing a macro-challenge 10. COVID-19 and tourism in Pacific SIDS: lessons from Fiji, Vanuatu and Samoa? 11. COVID-19 and the British Overseas Territories: a comparative view