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Health unit to name businesses with two or more COVID-19 cases (Windsor Star) Published on: June 10, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will soon make public the names of local businesses where they believe an employee has spread COVID-19 to one or more colleagues.
The public disclosures are part of an effort to educate residents on what risk the disease still presents to the community as more businesses and workplaces begin to reopen.

Fed predicts no rate increases until at least the end of 2022 (FT) Published on: June 10, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact, Global Response

Federal Reserve officials predicted they would keep interest rates close to zero until at least the end of 2022, as the US central bank indicated it would take years to bring joblessness back down to the levels before the coronavirus pandemic.
The dovish tone from the Fed, which is expecting the US economy to contract by 6.5 per cent this year, with unemployment falling to 9.3 per cent, reinforced expectations that the central bank was settling in for an extended fight against the economic shock triggered by the virus.
Mr Powell pushed back against concerns the Fed had artificially propped up markets in a way that could be a source of financial trouble ahead.

Coronavirus Continues to Weigh on U.S. Consumer Prices (WSJ) Published on: June 10, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

U.S. consumer prices dropped for a third straight month in May as the coronavirus pandemic kept shoppers and travelers at home, but the rate of decline in inflation eased as the cost of groceries, rent and medical services rose.
The consumer-price index, which measures what Americans pay for everything from alcohol to lawn mowers, fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in May after comparable declines of 0.8% in April and 0.4% in March, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
The cost of food bought for home consumption climbed 1% in May following April’s increase of 2.6%, which was the largest month-over-month jump in grocery prices since 1974.

The Results Of The Zagat Future Of Dining Study (Zagat) Published on: June 10, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

3 in 4 diners cite health and safety concerns as the biggest deterrent to dining out again, far outweighing financial reasons.
83% of those not immediately comfortable with returning to restaurants will be made more comfortable with social distancing measures and masks worn by staff.
As restaurants continue to struggle, some have been offering meal kits, groceries, and alcohol to local consumers. The majority (76%) of respondents surveyed are aware of restaurants in their area selling these items.
Of those with access to these restaurants, 38% have made a purchase—and if available, 59% will continue to purchase after the crisis.

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study (Reuters) Published on: June 10, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a British study on Wednesday.
The research, led by scientists at the Britain’s Cambridge and Greenwich Universities, suggests lockdowns alone will not stop the resurgence of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, but that even homemade masks can dramatically reduce transmission rates if enough people wear them in public.
In all scenarios the study looked at, routine face mask use by 50% or more of the population reduced COVID-19 spread to an R of less than 1.0, flattening future disease waves and allowing for less stringent lockdowns.

To protect frontline workers during and after COVID-19, we must define who they are (Brookings) Published on: June 10, 2020 | Category: Leadership

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, America’s frontline workers are still valiantly reporting to their job sites and risking their personal health to keep the economy in motion and the rest of us safe.
Using a mix of Department of Homeland Security definitions and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, we have found 50 million people who qualify as frontline workers—a majority of the 90 million people employed in America’s essential industries.
To protect today’s frontline workers and to ensure the country is better prepared for the next pandemic, the federal government must create a formal list of essential industries and their frontline workforces.

To honour frontline workers, artists are painting their portraits (The Economist) Published on: June 10, 2020 | Category: Leadership

A woman sits hunched in a bath, exhausted, crying into her hands.
They are among the thousands of paintings created as part of Portraits for NHS Heroes, a remarkable new initiative whereby artists create artworks for NHS staff and frontline workers.
Mr Croft encouraged other artists to join in, and since then an estimated 5,000 subjects have been matched with portraitists.

In the W.H.O.’s Coronavirus Stumbles, Some Scientists See a Pattern (NY Times) Published on: June 9, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Even as the World Health Organization leads the worldwide response to the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is failing to take stock of rapidly evolving research findings and to communicate clearly about them, several scientists warned on Tuesday.
In a news briefing on Monday, a W.H.O. official asserted that transmission of the coronavirus by people without symptoms is “very rare.” Following concerted pushback from researchers, officials on Tuesday walked back the claim, saying it was a “misunderstanding.”
The agency delayed endorsing masks for the general public until Friday, claiming there was too little evidence that they prevented transmission of the virus. Virtually all scientists and governments have been recommending masks for months.

Rental advocates push back on potential eviction plans from province (News1130) Published on: June 9, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Economic Impact

In the wake of a push by B.C. landlords to get their eviction privileges restored, a tenants’ rights group is pushing back.
While landlords can’t evict tenants for not paying their rent right now, that debt isn’t going away, and Gharibnavaz says there needs to be a long-term solution.
“Maybe some sort of rent bank or something like that, where the renter is going to take on the burden,” he suggests.

Two-thirds of Canadians intend to get COVID-19 vaccine, about half wearing masks in public: survey (Richmond News) Published on: June 9, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Global Response

Sixty-eight per cent of survey respondents said they intend to get the COVID-19 vaccine once it’s available, while 16 per cent said they didn’t know, and another 16 per cent said they would not get vaccinated, according to the poll, released Tuesday, by a Canadian market-research company.
When it comes to wearing a mask to help prevent the spread of the virus, 51 per cent of Canadians said they put one on while grocery shopping, 45 per cent for trips to the pharmacy, 17 per cent in workplaces or offices.
When it comes to transit, 14 per cent of Canadians said they wear a mask, and another 12 per cent said they wear a mask when they go for a walk.

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