Anthropologists ask the difficult questions about human behaviour and also provide the difficult answers

The Mail & Guardian asked the experts for more information about Covid-19 — and how best to take care of yourself and your loved ones

Africa is no stranger to dealing with epidemics. A regional body has been established to co-ordinate responses, but fault lines are evident at a national level

We dedicate a lot more time and money to military defence than we do on health responses to deadly pathogens

Médecins Sans Frontières chief claims the response to the catastrophe is "almost zero", with nations most concerned with self-protection.

Panic has gripped Saudis in the country’s east where most cases of the deadly coronavirus were detected, say witnesses.

Health authorities fret at the prospect of a global outbreak similar to the 2003 Sars crisis.