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| - In early December last year, a few dozen residents in the city of Wuhan in central China developed pneumonia-like symptoms. They did not know it then, but what they had would trigger a global pandemic. A year on, the exact origins of the new coronavirus are still unknown, but it is clear the virus will play a significant part in the history of the 21st century. Covid-19 has already killed 1.4 million people, confined billions across the planet to their homes and created global economic chaos. AFP has produced a series of stories on the crisis, accompanied by graphics, 100 photos and special video reports, to be rolled out in several instalments. They include reports from Wuhan as well as one of Europe's most affected towns, Tomelloso in central Spain. With input from bureaus around the world, we will examine the longterm impact of having Covid-19, the new victims of poverty as a result of the pandemic, and what 2021 is likely to bring. We will also assess the prospects for economic recovery next year and the toll the pandemic's has taken on those without jobs. All the stories can be found with event number #GII01 You can also find a selection of Covid stories on AFP's youtube channel: We will be moving on December 1: + Covid 'longhaulers' who formed global movement + Scientists race to Covid origins mystery + Wuhan's bereaved find cold comfort in Beijing denials + Battered Spanish town emerges scarred but safer Epidemic-health-virus-Year2020-longcovid PARIS Snatching moments of clarity through the brain fog that was among the lingering symptoms of her coronavirus infection, Hannah Davis joined a team of similarly ill researchers and launched a study of what is now called "long Covid". 1,200 words by Kelly Macnamara and AFP Bureaus. Video Epidemic-health-virus-Year2020-origin-animal PARIS While many scientists are racing to find vaccines to tame the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, other researchers are probing the past, trying to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of the virus: exactly where it came from. 900 words by Paul Ricard Epidemic-health-virus-Year2020-Wuhan WUHAN One year after the coronavirus began spreading from Wuhan, the Chinese government's refusal to take responsibility for its role in the outbreak is complicating the struggle of bereaved families to come to terms with their loss. 850 words by Dan Martin. Video. Picture Epidemic-health-virus-Year2020-Spain,SCENE TOMELLOSO, Spain Standing outside the hospital morgue, Lourdes Visus Cedrian shivered as she remembered the endless string of hearses pulling up to collect the Covid patients she had been nursing just hours before. 900 words by Hazel Ward. Picture. Video We will move on December 2: + Covid-19: what to expect in 2021 + Global economy faces shaky recovery from virus shock + Covid crisis pushes jobless into survival mode We have already moved: Health-virus-Year2020-vaccines PARIS Less than a year after an unknown coronavirus that has claimed 1.4 million lives to date began spreading across the globe, a number of highly promising Covid-19 vaccines are on the cusp of release. 1600 words by Paul Ricard Health-virus-Year2020-treatments,FACTS PARIS Nearly a year after a mysterious pneumonia emerged in China and began its global spread, there is still no silver bullet treatment for Covid-19 despite an unprecedented effort to discover new medicines or repurpose existing drugs. 950 words Health-virus-Year2020-disinformation,FOCUS PARIS As early as February, as the global coronavirus pandemic spread, the World Health Organization was already warning about an "infodemic", a wave of fake news and misinformation about the deadly new disease on social media. 900 words by Julie Charpentrat Health-virus-Year2020-LatAm,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Latin American governments are facing unique geographical, economic and social challenges in distributing Covid-19 vaccines when they become available, experts say. 700 words by Lucia Lacurcia. Picture. Video Health-virus-Year2020-Sweden-vaccines,FOCUS STOCKHOLM Take a vaccine developed in haste? Never again, says Meissa Chebbi, who, like hundreds of other young Swedes suffered debilitating narcolepsy after a mass vaccination campaign against the 2009-2010 swine flu pandemic. 850 words by Pia Ohlin and Tom Little. Video by Tom Little Health-virus-Year2020,DATES PARIS From the first cases in central China to hopes of a vaccine a year later, here are a dozen key developments in the spread and subsequent fight against Covid-19. 600 words afp
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