COVID-19 economic vulnerability vs health emergency

The issue of this fifth journal is dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on the challenges, their implications, and possible solutions to address the economic vulnerability during the health emergency.

The most relevant articles in this issue, are:

• Containment of spread of COVID-19 while keeping pace of socio-economic activities: a difficult trade off (p. 1);
• Impact on the marginalised and what the government can do to minimize its effects (p. 7);
• The government's response (p. 9).