How are food supply networks coping with coronavirus?

Mar 26, 2020 | Europe, Trade

Continuing pictures of empty shelves at UK supermarkets have sparked ongoing worries about food shortages. The supermarkets are confident that they can cope, not least because there is a limit to how much people can sensibly stockpile. So they believe that shopping...

Government introduces Canada Emergency Response Benefit to help workers and businesses

Mar 25, 2020 | Education, North America, Trade

News release March 25, 2020 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada The Government of Canada is taking strong, immediate and effective action to protect Canadians and the economy from the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic. No Canadian...

U.S. could become new epicentre of coronavirus pandemic, WHO says

Mar 25, 2020 | North America

The United States has the potential to become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic due to a “very large acceleration” in infections there, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The highly contagious respiratory virus has infected more than 42,000...

Unemployment claims reach nearly one million as businesses battered by coronavirus pandemic

Mar 25, 2020 | North America, Trade

Nearly one million Canadians applied for unemployment benefits since the beginning of last week as sweeping business shutdowns related to COVID-19 deliver an unprecedented blow to the country’s work force. A source familiar with the data confirmed that the government...

COVID-19 Educational Disruption and Response

Mar 24, 2020 | Education

The number of children, youth and adults not attending schools or universities because of COVID-19 is soaring. Governments all around the world have closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the global pandemic(link is external). ...