There will be no return to normality after coronavirus if we prioritise economic security over the most vulnerable

This is a moral as well as a financial issue. Private foundations have the freedom to act in ways that neither governments nor international institutions can achieve, writes Hamish McRae

About one-third of UK hospital admissions for Covid-19 are Bame (AFP/Getty)

This is a strange Easter indeed. For Christians, this is usually the most joyful festival of the calendar, and for most people in the northern hemisphere, it is spring, the moment when life bursts out again.

And this year? Well, it is possible to pick some markers that suggest that a turning point in the fight against the virus is in sight. The number of new cases in both Spain and Germany seem to be in decline. Denmark will reopen its schools for younger children on Wednesday. Plans for widespread antibody testing, which could create a path for people to get back to work, are advancing in many countries, including the UK. But while the focus is rightly on ways in which we can return to some sort of normality – we need to get our economies going again to fund, among many other things, better health care – we need to recognise that the pandemic has devastated the weak at every level. And we need to think about what we do about that.

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