World coronavirus dispatch: When is the right time to ease the lockdown?

From people thronging cafes in Korea, to countries thinking of easing lockdowns, to the efficacy of antibody kits

The coronavirus situation is extraordinary and unprecedented, perhaps a first such experience in the lifetime for many of us. His Holiness the Dalai Lama says some friends ask him if he could use his ‘magical powers’ to heal the world. But he doesn’t have any, he says. But as human beings, “we have the capacity to use our minds to conquer anger and panic and greed,” he says.

The spiritual leader says that in these testing times, it is an opportunity to show compassion to others and only collective effort and will can help up out of it. “This crisis