COVID-19 in Asia is an interdisciplinary series dealing with all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic across Asia and within Asian countries.
If you would like to submit a proposal for COVID-19 in Asia please contact the Editor, Clarissa Lim, at [email protected] .
By AKM Ahsan Ullah, Shirley Chin Wei Lee, Noor Hasharina Hassan
August 30, 2024
Ullah, Chin, and Hassan provide a comprehensive examination of the transformative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Southeast Asia, examining its effects on the region’s economy, social dynamics, mobility patterns and religious practices. The book examines the profound changes and challenges that ...
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By Mohd Mizan Aslam, Rohan Gunaratna
August 26, 2024
Aslam and Gunaratna bring together a broad analysis of the responses of states in Asia to the threats presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in its early phase. While the impact of the pandemic has undoubtedly been disastrous, it has also taught many lessons about social, political, economic, and ...
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By Debapriya Bhattacharya, Towfiqul Islam Khan
July 12, 2024
COVID-19 and Bangladesh analyzes the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and features the socioeconomic fallouts for disadvantaged communities in Bangladesh, their coping mechanisms, and implications for the country’s development ambitions. The contributors to the book examine the immediate impact ...
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By Nobuto Yamamoto
May 27, 2024
Using "risk" as a conceptual lens, this book analyzes how communities across East Asia responded to the disruption unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors to this book look at how governments, societies, and individuals have perceived, experienced, dealt with and interpreted the ...
By Jason Hung
October 02, 2023
This book studies Indonesian and Philippine English-language printed media outlets to examine how regional public opinions of China and China-made vaccines progressed amid the coronavirus pandemic. By quantifying the presence of certain words, themes, and concepts within the qualitative, textual ...
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By D. Gerard Joseph Louis, Surinderpal Kaur, Huey Fen Cheong
May 31, 2023
Part of a mini series of Focus books on COVID-19 in Malaysia, the chapters in this book addresses the psychosocial impact on the pandemic and ways in which people have learned to develop the ability to be more resilient despite the challenges of living and working during this public health crisis. ...
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By Weng Marc Lim, Surinderpal Kaur, Huey Fen Cheong
May 31, 2023
Part of a mini-series of Focus books on COVID-19 in Malaysia, the chapters in this book address the pandemic’s impact on business and the economy in Malaysia. Covering a range of challenges and opportunities for business and the economy over a year-long period, starting from Malaysia’s first ...
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By Ambigapathy Pandian, Surinderpal Kaur, Huey Fen Cheong
May 31, 2023
Part of a mini series of Focus books on COVID-19 in Malaysia, the chapters in this book address the pandemic’s impacts on education and literacy. Covering a range of teaching and learning challenges impacting learners and teachers, the contributors highlight the pervasiveness of the pandemic on ...