As countries around the world grapple with the prospect of renewed closures, the Australian city of Melbourne offers a harsh lesson on the costs of controlling the coronavirus. The city of 5 million people emerged Wednesday from one of the world’s longest and tightest closures that shuttered businesses and confined …
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Changi Airport Group said the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is not diminishing, as officials behind the world’s best airport warned of an “overwhelming” period ahead. Changi’s passenger traffic for the fiscal year ending in March declined for the first time in more than a decade as a drop in …
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Written by Udit Misra, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | September 13, 2020 7:56:41 am Migrant workers who had left Maharashtra during the lockdown returned to the state when restrictions were eased. (Express photo by Pradip Das) Dear readers, This week began with several economists dating their revised …
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