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Covid-19: A national and global health crisis the scale of which we have never faced before

The rapid spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus) around the world, said to be the worst public health crisis for a generation, has shocked everyone. Its spread shows how easy it is in an age of fast international travel for a pandemic to develop.

The real depth of the impact was beginning to be felt as April issue closed for press, but the ramifications of the disease will ripple through society for many

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