Thomas J. Bollyky

Thomas J. Bollyky is director of the Global Health program and senior fellow for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. Bollyky is also the author of the book Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways.  

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Taoyuan health worker Wang Tsui-lien rides a scooter to deliver care packages and to check on people who have been ordered to be under self-quarantine, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on March 25, 2020. Photo shows a motorcycle on an abandoned street in an urban setting. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Governance

Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 and the WHO

by Jason Socrates Bardi, Thomas J. Bollyky

An interview with Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu on Taiwan's response to COVID-19 and the WHO

A general view shows buildings in Beirut during Lebanon's countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus on April 1, 2020. Picture shows a view of a section of city filling the fame with buildings but very few people apparent on the streets. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Governance

Coronavirus in Lebanon

by Jason Socrates Bardi, Thomas J. Bollyky

Interview with Walid Ammar, head of Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, on testing, funding, and the threat to refugees

The graph shows cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 over time for all countries with confirmed cases as of April 6. The x-axis show days since the first travel restrictions were implemented. For all travel restriction imposing countries, data has been indexed to start from their respective day zero of travel restriction implementation. CFR/Samantha Kiernan
Governance

Tracking Coronavirus in Countries With and Without Travel Bans

by Samantha Kiernan, Madeleine DeVita, Thomas J. Bollyky

Travel restrictions have neither stopped the spread of this novel coronavirus nor prevented it from becoming a pandemic