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Garneau expands required use of face masks on planes, trains, ships and transit (CBC) Published on: June 3, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business

Effective at noon on Thursday, airline flight crew and airport workers will be required to wear non-medical masks, in addition to the existing requirement for passengers.
Railway operators will have to notify passengers to wear a face covering when physical distancing of two metres from others can’t be maintained, or as requested by the rail companies.

Swedish expert admits country should have had tighter coronavirus controls (FT) Published on: June 3, 2020 | Category: Global Response

“If we would encounter the same disease, with exactly what we know about it today, I think we would land midway between what Sweden did and what the rest of the world did,” said Mr Tegnell in the interview broadcast on Wednesday morning.
The public mood in Sweden appears to have shifted somewhat since neighbouring Norway and Denmark last week opened their borders to each other but not their close neighbour.
Sweden kept its schools for under 16s open, a policy that health authorities in Norway and Denmark now think wise.

Millions Of Americans Skip Payments As Tidal Wave Of Defaults And Evictions Looms (NPR) Published on: June 3, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

Americans are skipping payments on mortgages, auto loans and other bills.
Help from Congress and leniency from lenders have kept impending financial disaster at bay for millions of people. But that may not last for long.
Ford says the company is allowing many customers hurt financially during the pandemic-related shutdowns to skip payments.

US surgeon general: “Every reason to expect” new Covid-19 clusters following protests (CNN) Published on: June 2, 2020 | Category: Global Response

As protests over the death of George Floyd continue across the United States, there is concern that coronavirus could spread among demonstrators, US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams told Politico on Monday.
“Based on the way the disease spreads, there is every reason to expect that we will see new clusters and potentially new outbreaks moving forward,” Adams said.

Coronavirus: 15 emerging themes for boards and executive teams (McKinsey) Published on: June 2, 2020 | Category: Global Response, Leadership

We are seeing some faint signs of progress in the struggle to contain the pandemic. But the risk of resurgence is real, and if the virus does prove to be seasonal, the effect will probably be muted.
Boards must strike the right balance between hope for the future and the realism that organizations need to hear.
Certain industries and sectors are truly struggling and require support. Several disrupted industries and many organizations in higher education, the arts, and sports are severely struggling and require support to safeguard their survival.

The new era of quarantine: a muddled set of travel rules (FT) Published on: June 2, 2020 | Category: Global Response

Many governments have decided to isolate arrivals because of coronavirus despite little agreement about how to go about it.
“The windows didn’t open and there was no fresh air. They posted two guards on each floor and if you opened your door they would stare at you and tell you to close it,” said Hope Ailsa.
With little obvious debate and consultation, or even agreement among scientists about when to apply it, governments around the world have decided that isolating arrivals from other countries is an essential response to coronavirus — and, in some cases, could remain so for quite some time.

Hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ by cyberattacks fuelled by booming black market (CBC) Published on: June 2, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business

Some experts call for national standards, federal money in battle against health-care data security breaches.
Canada’s health system is under siege from unrelenting cybercriminals trying to access patient information and other data, according to health-care professionals and cybersecurity experts who say hospitals and clinics are unable to cope with the growing threats.
Three Ontario hospitals were struck by ransomware in October. This year, eHealth Saskatchewan, which manages that province’s personal medical records, was compromised, and in Nova Scotia patients had information about their surgeries exposed during a cyberattack.

Ottawa to pledge billions to aid cash-strapped cities (Toronto Star) Published on: June 1, 2020 | Category: Canadian Business, Economic Impact

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday will pledge several billion dollars in assistance to help cash-strapped cities whose bottom lines have been battered by the pandemic, the Star has learned.
An official originally told the Star the funding would be earmarked for infrastructure funding. That was clarified Monday. In fact it would be an advancement of their promised share of gas tax funding “much much sooner,” said the federal official who spoke on background.
Municipalities back in April had asked the provinces and federal government for $10 billion — $7.6 billion to cover operating losses suffered by towns and cities and a further $2.4 billion for losses related to transit operations. Toronto alone is looking at a shortfall of up to $1.5 billion this year.

Hesitancy to resume activities marks reopening challenges: POLL (ABC News) Published on: June 1, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact, Global Response

With two-thirds of Americans worried about a second wave of the coronavirus, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds nearly 6 in 10 people are unready to resume their pre-pandemic activities, underscoring continued public unease as the nation seeks a return to normalcy.
59 per cent report severe economic impacts in their community — up from 43 per cent two months ago. Among those employed before the pandemic began, 24 per cent have been laid off or furloughed.
Further demonstrating the extent of the pandemic, 42 per cent of Americans now know someone personally who has been diagnosed with COVID-19, up nearly fourfold from 11 per cent in late March.

China’s Barely Begun Economic Recovery Shows Signs of Stalling (WSJ) Published on: June 1, 2020 | Category: Economic Impact

More factories are reopening, but they face falling orders from overseas customers.
More and more Chinese factories have reopened for work in the past three months as authorities have eased their once-aggressive coronavirus measures.
Taken together, China’s manufacturing surveys suggest that the pace of the economic recovery from the coronavirus disruption is slowing, due in large part to lackluster overseas buying, said Yang Weixiao, a Beijing-based economist at Kaiyuan Securities.

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