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Mukhtar and Khogali discuss the many challenges Sudan has faced in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ulrich von Andrian recounts how an unexpected experimental result called into question a well-established concept in immunology: the mechanism of immune memory. Follow-up experiments revealed that NK cells can mediate antigen-specific adaptive immune responses.

The COVID-19 response in Greece has been swift and flexible, adapting to the evolving pandemic and creating unique opportunities for research.

Taiwan has leveraged its experience in containing the 2003 SARS outbreak by responding to the COVID-19 crisis with rapid measures, early deployment, prudent actions and transparency. Collectively, these actions have created the ‘Taiwan model’ for combating COVID-19.

The COVID-19 response in India has been rapid, strategic and multipronged and has adapted to the evolving pandemic situation.

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic have drastically changed life throughout the world.

New Zealand has avoided the major health impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic due to a strict country-wide lockdown, the end-goal of which was elimination rather than mitigation and suppression. The New Zealand government’s use of scientific expertise, spanning public health, infectious diseases, genomics, modeling and immunology, has been one of the keys to the success of its SARS-CoV-2 elimination and control strategy.

To cope with the new situation during the pandemic, the Turkish people have united in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 with their healthcare workers, scientists and government. We are waiting for the global pandemic to end soon.

Brazil must strengthen science-based education to improve human development and responses to future public health threats.

Early preparedness, contact tracing, isolation and testing, coupled with timely border closure, physical distancing and community adherence, have been key measures in controlling COVID-19 in Vietnam.

From the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and following the creation of the ‘Coronavirus Unit’, Argentinean scientists and technologists have contributed by leading basic and translational research initiatives, including developing diagnostic and serological kits, designing new therapeutic approaches, establishing epidemiological platforms, executing clinical trials and implementing social measures to protect the most vulnerable groups of the population.