Co-Curated with Georgetown University.
COVID-19 has had an overwhelming impact since it was first detected in late 2019. By March 2021,
there were more than 117 million confirmed cases and some 2.6 million related deaths. As the pandemic
has spread it has stirred anxiety and political drama, overwhelmed health systems, and triggered
potentially lasting geopolitical change. While vaccines are being rolled out in many high-income countries,
Oxfam International has warned that half a billion people could be pushed into poverty as a result of the
crisis. Around the world, desperate efforts are underway to contain what has become a profoundly
disruptive outbreak.