Marriages in a time of pandemic

Surprise split: For this immensely wealthy power couple, strained finances were certainly not the cause of their divorce. — Reuters

AMONG the many things that the Covid-19 pandemic has wrecked is marriages.

In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak in China came a surge in divorces as couples emerged from their quarantine. And as the virus spread, similar trends of marital break-ups were reported in Italy, Sweden, Britain and elsewhere around the world.