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Coronavirus: Ontario government to open child care centres for frontline workers (Global News) Published on: March 22, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Leadership

The Ontario government announced on Sunday that it will be opening select child care centres across the province to help frontline workers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We need to help our nurses, doctors and frontline care workers to be able to focus on protecting the health and well-being of all Ontarians,” said Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott in a statement Sunday afternoon.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the services would be free and covered by the government.

Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices (AP) Published on: March 22, 2020 | Category: Global Response

The defiance of lockdown mandates and scientific advice to fight the coronavirus pandemic has prompted crackdowns by authorities on people trying to escape cabin fever brought on by virus restrictions.
In some cases, the virus rebels resist — threatening police as officials express outrage over public gatherings that could spread the virus.
Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that people from 18-to-49 account for more than half of the state’s coronavirus cases, warning them “you’re not Superman, and you’re not Superwoman.” Many people were not complying with social distancing recommendations to stay away from each other in New York City’s vast city park network ahead of a ban on congregating in groups that goes into effect Sunday night, Cuomo said.

Doug Ford has risen to the coronavirus challenge (The Star) Published on: March 22, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Leadership

As the spread of COVID-19 has utterly transformed life as we know it, it has also emerged as the most profound test of political leadership in a generation or more.
From Prime Minister Trudeau to our premiers and mayors, the performances of our leaders have been commendable. But perhaps the biggest success has been the commanding performance of Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
As the crisis has deepened, Ford is exemplifying the tenets of good crisis communication. He has been transparent and forthcoming, hosting daily briefings which may seem routine, but are in fact distinguished by attention to small details.

China scrambles to curb rise in imported coronavirus cases, Wuhan eases lockdown (Reuters) Published on: March 22, 2020 | Category: Global Response

China reported 46 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, while the city of Wuhan, the pandemic’s ground zero, announced it would be loosening a two-month lockdown by gradually resuming public transportation and allowing healthy people to resume work.
But in a sign of easing lockdown measures, residents living in and outside Wuhan will be allowed to travel into the city to resume work if they have a green health code issued by the government and normal body temperature, state-media CCTV News reported on Sunday.
Non-local people stranded in Wuhan can also apply to leave the city after taking an RNA test and receiving a health certificate from the government, the channel said.

New York City health department moves to curtail testing as pandemic overwhelms hospitals. (NY Times) Published on: March 22, 2020 | Category: Global Response

By late Friday, the city’s health department seemed to reverse course: It moved to curtail widespread testing, saying it was undermining the broader strategy to stop the virus’s spread.
Mark Levine, a City Council member who leads the health committee, said he understood the desire to make testing widely available, but that it was too late for that.
“Now testing mildly sick people poses an enormous threat. They should be at home resting, not waiting in line at a testing site.”

Ontario appeals to businesses to help produce medical supplies (CityNews) Published on: March 21, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Leadership

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is appealing to the province’s manufacturing sector to help produce key medical supplies.
The premier says any company that can produce items like ventilators, face masks, surgical gowns, protective eye-wear and hand sanitizers should reach out to the government.

Denmark’s Idea Could Help the World Avoid a Great Depression (The Atlantic) Published on: March 21, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact, Global Response

This week, the Danish government told private companies hit by the effects of the pandemic that it would pay 75 percent of their employees’ salaries to avoid mass layoffs.
The plan could require the government to spend as much as 13 percent of the national economy in three months.
The philosophy here is that the government wants companies to preserve their relationship with their workers. It’s going to be harder to have a strong recovery if companies have to spend time hiring back workers that have been fired.

Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus (FT) Published on: March 21, 2020 | Category: Global Response, Leadership

This storm will pass. But the choices we make now could change our lives for years to come.
Many short-term emergency measures will become a fixture of life. That is the nature of emergencies. They fast-forward historical processes.
In this time of crisis, we face two particularly important choices. The first is between totalitarian surveillance and citizen empowerment. The second is between nationalist isolation and global solidarity.

Coronavirus and Politicians vs. the Economy (Cato Institute) Published on: March 20, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

The government does not have enough money to keep the economy afloat until a vaccine arrives, maybe a year from now.
The nation’s 130 million private‐sector workers would have generated $16 trillion of income this year.
Consider a scenario where half of private‐sector workers are idled for three months. That would lose the economy $2 trillion of income.

Prepare for multiple waves of COVID-19 over 12 months: military chief to troops (CBC) Published on: March 20, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Global Response

Gen. Jonathan Vance says the Canadian Armed Forces is planning for the ‘worst-case scenario’.
The notion that the virus caseload could recede and then return is a feature of federal government planning.
A truly worst-case scenario would involve public disturbances, he added.

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