Degrees of separation: universities and covid-19
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The Economist
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🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Many universities were on thin ice financially before the pandemic. Now, with foreign travel slumping and distancing measures the norm, a global reckoning is coming. In many Asian countries, Ramadan seems largely untouched by pandemic-protection measures; we ask why. And the vexing question of how many people live in North Macedonia.
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| 0:58.9 | With Ramadan now underway, a pattern has become clear. |
| 1:03.9 | Muslims in Asia are celebrating the Holy Month in much the usual way, |
| 1:08.9 | praying, fasting, and feasting together. |
| 1:11.9 | We ask why Asian leaders find it so hard to enact and enforce lockdown policies. |
| 1:18.9 | And counting a population is practically impossible without a proper census. |
| 1:23.9 | In North Macedonia, one was abandoned and one is being delayed. |
| 1:27.9 | So it's unclear whether the Balkan country has a million and a half people or a third more than that. |
| 1:37.9 | First up, though. |
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