#CopingWithCovid

The president is close to announcing a special gathering of world leaders to draw up a strategy to end the pandemic. Here are the main issues they must tackle

Data on vaccine donations and deliveries is delayed, incomplete or absent. Opacity on this, the single most important global supply crisis we currently face, is a barrier to ending the pandemic

Boris Johnson certainly did not envisage spending this long-awaited moment of liberation in self-isolation. But the virus is still rampant – and will remain so until there is a truly global strategy to beat it

Global vaccination is a moral imperative. But it’s also self-preservation: if the virus continues to mutate in unvaccinated parts of the world, we could all be back to square one

A new play unites the director Nick Hytner and the actor Simon Russell Beale in an intense exploration of the composer’s relationship with God, chaos and family – a dramatic experience full of contemporary resonance

The world’s poorer countries are still struggling to vaccinate their citizens, which has made it harder for them to concentrate on tackling the climate crisis. Ahead of COP26 in November, that doesn’t bode well

Look to past plagues and wars, and how humanity has commemorated the fallen. Collective amnesia has long been a friend to the virus, and we should not make the error of forgetfulness

Structural reform of international bodies is only part of the solution. The key is to identify the main challenges – China, climate emergency, global economic change, the next pandemic – and develop a new and nuanced multilateralism