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the Guardian
Singapore extends lockdown after cases rise; Donald Trump signals immigration ban; Oktoberfest cancelled; US oil market collapses
Pollution and greenhouse gas emissions have decreased across the globe, as countries strive to contain the spread of the coronavirus by ordering people to stay at home. Among the many unknown facts about this new virus is what kind of long-term impact it will have on the environment. Since the outbreak in December 2019 and the subsequent pandemic, businesses have shuttered, airlines have slashed services, and more and more people are working from home or not working at all, cutting traffic to a minimum. The global shutdown has inadvertently become an experiment in the reduction of greenhouse
AP NEWS
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing and at least one other U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer resumed production Monday amid pressure from President Donald Trump to reopen the economy and resistance from...
The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with support from UNICEF are set to work with telecommunication companies to text people directly on their mobile phones with vital health messaging to help protect them from COVID-19. These text messages will reach billions of people that aren’t able to connect to the internet for information.
Asia Times
Economic events (ATF) Financial markets will monitor the pace of economies reopening across the world with corporate earnings visibility influencing bottom-up analysis as the results season unfolds…
The Straits Times
MADRID (BLOOMBERG) - The coronavirus pandemic showed the first signs of easing in Europe as Italy, Spain and France, the region's hardest-hit countries, reported the smallest increases in fatalities in weeks and Germany prepared to jump-start commercial life again.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Christian Science Monitor
While smaller European countries are starting to reopen, the threat of a second wave of the coronavirus has them treading carefully.
NPR.org
More than 32,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the U.S. on Saturday, as the nation's death toll crossed 41,000.
DW.COM
Confirmed infections in Europe have passed one million and over 100,000 are dead, but Spain and the Netherlands are among the countries to report a drop in daily new cases. Follow DW for the latest.
In the United States, concern about the coronavirus that has infected over 600,000 people varies between races and classes.
Residents demand relaxation of infection prevention measures despite signs it is too soon to reopen.
RNZ
The Cook Islands has been declared free of Covid-19, allowing churches to reopen this weekend.
Experts say going back to the normal gridlock on city transport networks in a post-coronavirus world is not only unappealing — it's unnecessary.
Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? Several ideas have been put forward from natural-borne in bats, an escape from a lab in Wuhan and others. Here's the murky origin story of the novel coronavirus.
Investors gearing up for another week of corporate earnings may give more weight to the words of company executives than headline-grabbing numbers, as Wall Street seeks evidence that corporations can weather the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Māori Television
The Cook Islands is officially Covid-19 free, as announced by Prime Minister Henry Puna following the negative results of more than 900 tests.
The WHO said there's no evidence serological tests can show whether a person has immunity or is no longer at risk of becoming reinfected.
www.aa.com.tr
There are over 2.2M infections, nearly 561,000 recoveries: Johns Hopkins data - Anadolu Agency
RNZ
GSK and Sanofi have put competition aside to team up to find a Covid-19 vaccine - and are pledging not to profit from anything they develop, at least in the short term.
the Guardian
Daily UK deaths rise by 847; Matt Hancock unable to guarantee hospital gown supplies this weekend; Rishi Sunak extends furlough scheme
AP NEWS
BEIRUT (AP) — As some wealthier Western nations begin easing coronavirus restrictions, many developing countries, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, want to do it too, but they cannot...
Paul Kelly said he had always been a believer in the Australian people making the right decision when quizzed if the app could be compulsory.
the Guardian
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak
Asia Times
Trade of the day: # Stocks, futures make tentative gains on hopes economies are opening # Investors are underestimating the hit to corporate earnings: Natixis # Oil prices stabilise …
Salvation Army food trucks are parked in low-income neighborhoods in Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles not to sell food but to bring free meals to residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Most people we serve live in poverty or from paycheck to paycheck,” said Dale Bannon, the Salvation Army’s national community relations director.
11 Steps to Business SurvivalResponding to the Covid-19 Crisis
Communicate – every day!
Be positive – people gravitate to positive people
Know the cycles – we will move from this ‘Winter’ top a new ‘Spring’. Be prepared
Change – don’t wait! You need to act, now
Cut back – cash is king
Extend credit
Staffing changes – consider flexible work, reduce hours, extended vacations
Plan and test working from home – know what tech, people, process changes are needed and get help implementing them
Online of delivery – regardless of your industry, pivot to online customer service
Market and sell – now is not the time to stop marketing yourself. Customers need to know you are there to help them
Repeat business – profit comes from existing customers. Make sure they truly feel ‘loved'!
Chris Whelan is an organisational change leader, business coach and public speaker.
