April 1, 2020

With coronavirus-related job losses, many workers are reluctantly seeking charity and unemployment benefits for the first time in their lives.

Traders scour factories and warehouses, find planes and pilots and look for buyers as hospitals and governments beg for protective gear.

Some customers prefer greenmarkets to shopping inside during the coronavirus outbreak. Last week, rules were introduced to keep the markets safe.

Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world’s researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has ground to a halt.

Fears are growing that the worldwide economic downturn could be especially deep and lengthy, with recovery limited by continued anxiety.