South China Morning Post’s 10 most read stories of 2020
- 2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic, and our most popular articles of the year reflect that
- Readers were interested in reports about mask-wearing, Covid-19’s spread across the world, and more
2020 will forever be defined by the Covid-19 pandemic, which went from hundreds of cases to tens of millions as the year progressed.
Stories about the global health crisis naturally featured heavily in the South China Morning Post’s top 10 most read stories of the year. Here is the full list.
The virus that causes Covid-19 may have a temperature sweet spot at which it spreads fastest, a study in February suggested, but experts said people should avoid falling into the trap of thinking it will react to seasonal changes in exactly the same way as other pathogens, like those that cause the common cold or influenza.
Published in February, this article looked at how, at least in layman eyes, Hong Kong seemed like it should have been far more vulnerable than Singapore to the spread of the coronavirus.