World coronavirus dispatch: 'Burning the house down to kill a rat?'

From the Covid-19 impact on US jobs, to progress on developing a vaccine, economies slipping into contraction, and coping with distress during isolation - read these and more in today's dispatch

Tech leaders say governments are going overboard with lockdowns: Most countries are in late second months of their nationwide lockdowns to fight the coronavirus crisis. While these have helped contain the spread, prolonged lockdowns are now drawing criticism, especially given the economic costs nations are having to pay. Some are labelling the exercise “burning the house down to kill a rat” and calling for more innovative solutions that meet midway.

Eminent tech leaders are now coming forward with this view. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said: “To say that they cannot leave their house and they will be arrested if they