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COVID-19
Our faculty, students and alumni rose to the global challenges presented by Covid-19.
In China, under a red temporary structure with neon lighting, people are carrying out COVID-19 tests.
Blog
15 November 2022

How one Chinese local government deals with the effect of COVID-19 policy on the economy: the case of Yibin

How has China, one of the countries with the strictest COVID-19 prevention policies, balanced pandemic prevention and control with economic development? The city of Yibin in Sichuan province provides an interesting example.

Yunliang Lei
COVID-19
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
...
China
Anna Petherick at the Lemann Foundation Programme launch event
Blog
22 June 2022

Building integrity and challenging polarisation during a global pandemic

Director of the Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford Anna Petherick outlines the programme's initial research and knowledge exchange priorities and why these matter to Brazil and many other countries across the Global South.

Anna Petherick
Freya Paulucci Couldrick
Anna Petherick
Freya Paulucci Couldrick
Public sector
Integrity
...
COVID-19
Lemann Foundation Programme at Oxford
Brazil
A man with mask looks at his phone on a bridge in Shanghai
Blog
25 May 2022

Why have some provinces in China thus far managed to contain Omicron while others have not?

The team that tracks Chinese provinces' data for the COVID-19 Government Response Tracker investigates some patterns with important implications for the country's strategy.

Thomas Hale
Thomas Hale
Hui Zhou
Hao Zha
COVID-19
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
...
China
A passenger wearing protective equipment awaits the departure of a speedboat in Manaus, Brazil in 2020. IMF / Raphael Alves
Blog
13 April 2022

Tracking COVID-19 policies across Brazil: the tracker’s largest subnational project

Brazil was the first subnational project of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. It has been going since the summer of 2020, amid some challenges and many successes.

Maria Luciano
Julia Sampaio
Maria Luciano
Julia Sampaio
Laura Boeira
COVID-19
Brazil
Germany and COVID vaccines: too cautious?
Blog
11 March 2022

Restrictions and mandates for the unvaccinated - the new normal?

Vaccines have transformed the world of pandemic policy and the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker is adapting. The team explain the changes in details.

Helen Tatlow
Thomas Hale
Emily Cameron-Blake
Helen Tatlow
Thomas Hale
Emily Cameron-Blake
Rodrigo Furst
Bernardo Andretti de Mello
COVID-19
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
Protesters in Canada - a sign on the side of a car says "proud members of the fringe minority"
Blog
21 February 2022

Taming the truckers

The current trucker-inspired protests that have spread from Canada to other countries share three features that make them particularly difficult to manage. But governments and law-enforcement agencies can still apply some well-established conflict-management lessons.

Ngaire Woods
Ngaire Woods
COVID-19
Shanghai, China
Blog
04 February 2022

How Chinese provincial governments responded to COVID-19 waves driven by the Delta and Omicron variants

How long will China continue to pursue suppression of COVID-19 transmission? The team who collect and analyse China's data for our COVID-19 Government Response Tracker argue that a change of strategy is not likely.

Thomas Hale
Thomas Hale
Hao Zha
Yuxi Zhang
COVID-19
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
...
China
Air pollution on roads in China
Blog
27 January 2022

The effect of lockdown restrictions on air quality in China

As the world resumes its productive activities, China's experience of a substantial improvement in air quality during lockdowns can inform future economic transformation and innovation towards more environmentally friendly solutions.

Jinmeng Zhang
Jinmeng Zhang
COVID-19
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
...
China
Man checks body temperature in a housing estate in China
Blog
26 January 2022

COVID-19 public information campaigns in Chinese provinces

Governments have been communicating with the public about the COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of ways. In China, provincial-level jurisdictions have recorded similarities in responsiveness and significant variation in format.

Yanying Lin
COVID-19
COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
...
China
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