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Joint letter Mayors Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris and Milan to ask for no austerity as way out of Covid-19 crisis
22 April 2020 - In a joint letter published together with the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, Milan, Giuseppe Sala and Barcelona, Ada Colau; Mayors have asked the European Union to not apply [...]
Redesigning The COVID-19 City
A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus walks next to commercial buildings in the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on April 14. Roslan [...]
Mayor of Bogota, Claudia Lopez how to create a homemade face mask
The Mayor of Bogota, Claudia Lopez, uploaded a video on her social media showing her followers how to create a homemade face mask, using things you will easily find in your house. For [...]
Interview Mayor Aki-Sawyerr about preventive action on Covid-19 in Freetown
With Sierra Leone in the midsts of a three-day lockdown, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr took time out to speak to France24. As city authority Mayor Aki-Sawyerr is focused to help the most vulnerable [...]
Amid the pandemic, a sobering lesson. More, not less, international cooperation needed.
By IVO DAALDER CHICAGO TRIBUNE | APR 09, 2020 | 1:21 PM The performance of a new coronavirus vaccine is tested at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, but the finished product remains in production.(Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer) For [...]
Montpellier creates a local visor manufacturing unit
The City of Montpellier and Montpellier Mediterranean Metropolis create a local visor manufacturing unit in Cournonsec Faced with the Covid-19 epidemic, Philippe Saurel, Mayor of the City of Montpellier and President of Montpellier [...]
The coronavirus pandemic could be devastating for the world’s migrants
The coronavirus pandemic could be devastating for the world's migrants Syrian White Helmets sanitize the Bab Al-Nour internally displaced persons camp Image: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC2TRF9PRG3F 06 Apr 2020 Marie McAuliffeHead of Migration Policy Research [...]
Mayor Erion Veliaj of Tirana supports the most vulnerable families
Mayor Erion Veliaj of Tirana in Albania expresses gratitude for all families that are living under challenging conditions but continue to respect the strict measurements with dignity to overcome the pandemic as collective. Watch [...]
Interview Fighting Urban Pandemics – the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University
Fighting Urban Pandemics Georgetown tools help cities battle coronavirus — now and in the future. Original Source: Oliver Wyman Forum SHARE The surging toll of the coronavirus has shocked the world, but it isn’t a [...]
Mayor Halsema of Amsterdam shares Letters about the coronavirus for all “Amsterdammers”
Dear Amsterdammers, Corona is currently dominating our lives, and unfortunately it will continue to do so for some time. Our city is also being hit hard. I would like to wish a swift recovery [...]