A cartoon painted on a board leaning against a wall. It shows a person who is blue and shivering with the word 'virus' underneath them, and the words 'No harm to be safe' written in a box at above figure.

COVID-19: Urgently needed insights for public policy challenges

Image credit: Magnus Hagdorn on Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 Coronavirus (COVID-19) has created two crises for individuals, families, communities, cities, regions and nations. Both threaten the short and long-term happiness and wellbeing of us all. Firstly, there is the public health crisis of containing and then eliminating the virus. Secondly, there are the economic and social crises caused by disrupted patterns of working,…