Identity politics during Covid-19


Spin-off movement: Spurred by the Black Lives Matter movement around the world, Indonesia’s #PapuanLivesMatter demanded the release of the seven Papuan activists standing trial on treason charges at the Balikpapan District Court in East Kalimantan. — The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network

MOST countries were hardly prepared to face the speed and invincibility with which Covid-19 spread. The Chinese city of Wuhan was the first to see the outbreak emerge in late 2019; by Jan 25,2020, more than 10 countries had been affected with more than 1,000 cases.

By the time the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a pandemic on March 11, it had already spread to hundreds of countries.

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