Archive for April, 2020
28 Apr, 2020
PwC Survey: As States Look to Reopen, CFOs Prioritise Workplace Safety and Employee Health
NEW YORK, April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The fourth release of PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse Survey reveals 77% of US chief financial officers (CFOs) anticipate changing workplace safety measures upon returning to on-site work. As employers focus on protecting employees, 65% anticipate reconfiguring work sites to promote physical distancing and 52% anticipate changing and/or alternating shifts […]
more…28 Apr, 2020
Research Finds COVID-19 Robs Americans Of Sleep And Brings New Waves Of Stress
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Better Sleep Council (BSC), the consumer education arm of the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA), released its latest research findings from “The 2020 State of America’s Sleep” study. It revealed COVID-19’s arrival caused America’s quality of sleep to significantly decline. Read the report. The BSC launched wave two […]
more…28 Apr, 2020
The “Make America Great Again” dream is quickly being undone by Covid-19
By Hassanal Noor Rashid WHO IS AT FAULT? The Covid-19 pandemic has been a real roller-coaster ride as far as geo-politics is concerned. Through the chaos and the barrage of information and updates on the on-going pandemic, there are still those, especially among the political elite who have moved ahead of the pandemic management curve […]
more…27 Apr, 2020
COVID-19 Stimulus Measures Must Safeguard Nature and Reduce the Risk of Future Pandemics
Expert Guest Article by Professors Josef Settele, Sandra Díaz and Eduardo Brondizio and Dr. Peter Daszak on 27 April 2020 Click here to read this article in عربى / español / English / français / русский /中文 / Deutsch. There is a single species that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic – us. As with the climate and biodiversity crises, […]
more…27 Apr, 2020
Global Trades Union: Protect workers who get Covid-19 and then face financial ruin
The following is the full text of a Council of Global Unions Statement on Recognition of COVID-19 as an Occupational Disease. Protection of workers’ health by prevention of infection should always be the first priority, but workers who do become ill should be focused on recovery, not worrying about whether they will face financial ruin […]
more…22 Apr, 2020
Covid-19 solves Climate Change problem
GOLDACH, Switzerland, April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — IQAir (www.iqair.com), a global leader in air quality data and solutions, today published the COVID-19 Air Quality Report that shows that air pollution levels in 10 major global cities have dropped 9 to 60 percent, during government-mandated lockdowns due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The report examined fine […]
more…21 Apr, 2020
What’s next for Travel & Tourism? For starters, more respect for grandparents
By Mishari Muqbil With the COVID-19 problem reaching new highs with no end in sight, it’s important to look at things from a long term perspective to see what it means for the travel and tourism industry, what changes will come and what remains the same. One lens that can be applied to this […]
more…20 Apr, 2020
Slap the U.S. in the face, Donate to WHO Solidarity Response Fund
NEW YORK, 18 April 2020, PRNewswire – International advocacy organization Global Citizen, together with Lady Gaga, tonight announced $127 million in commitments to date in support of healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Corporate partners and philanthropists announced their support for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization, powered by the UN […]
more…1 Apr, 2020
UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’
United Nations, (UN News) 31 March 2020 — The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on everyone to “act together to lessen the blow to people”. “The new coronavirus disease is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihoods”, […]
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