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Video Interview

September 5, 2020

Skirting Canada’s travel rules? Why some foreigners refuse to stay away

Despite border and air travel restrictions, foreigners are still entering Canada. SFU Public Health Professor Kelley Lee looks at where they’re coming from and why?

September 4, 2020

Why millions of travellers have entered Canada despite COVID-19 travel restrictions

Since Canada imposed COVID-19 travel restrictions in late March, more than four million people have entered the country. While that's far fewer than normal, sightings of U.S. license plates or international flights landing have still been sparking concerns that foreigners have found ways to sneak in.

Times Higher Education

August 20, 2020

Some Asian Universities Shutter Campuses

The plan was to resume teaching on a hybrid model in September, with online classes acting as a backup or alternative for overseas students. Even the region’s iron-clad travel restrictions loosened slightly for returning international students. But third waves of COVID-19 have caused some East Asian university systems to take U-turns on those decisions, even though infection rates remain lower than those in the West.

Australian Times

August 18, 2020

Creating a COVID-19 vaccine is only the first step. It’ll take years to manufacture and distribute

World Health Organisation (WHO) and a large number of international experts have urged Russia to conduct more testing to ensure the vaccine’s safety before using it.

Academic Organisation

Bulletin Of Atomic Scientists

Pandemic failure or convenient scapegoat: How did WHO get here?

In April 7, the number of reported deaths in the United States due to COVID-19 reached 12,757—surpassing the CDC’s median estimate of 12,469 deaths from the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic, during Barack Obama’s administration. That same day, the US president began attacking the World Health Organization for failing to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

It's a Small World Health Organization

On this episode of Social Distance, James Hamblin and Katherine Wells talk with Kelley Lee, a professor of public health at Simon Fraser University, about the history, necessity, and vulnerability of the World Health Organization.