published Apr 17th 2016, 7:57 pm, by Aya Takada and Monami Yui (Bloomberg) — The death toll from earthquakes that struck southern Japan increased to 42 and the economic impact began to reverberate Monday as financial markets opened in Tokyo. The series of quakes that struck the island of Kyushu

What caused the Covid-19 pandemic? What are the challenges experienced during and after (if it ends)? When and how is it going to end? These questions are raised everyday and everyone seems to have different answers. Every answer is infused with a political, religious and emotional charge. The Covid-19 pandemic has inspired controversy and indeed evoked a global fear. Many countries, territories have imposed lockdowns encouraging citizens to self-isolate at home while maintaining physical distance in public to curtail the spread of the disease.