GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference organized by the Geneva …
Read More »WHO warns that the coronavirus crisis can get worse and worse
GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. A community health officer helps sanitation workers don personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Fourah Bay College Coronavirus Treatment Center in Freetown, …
Read More »Canada and the United States could extend the ban on non-essential travel ban: sources
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the United States are ready to extend the non-essential travel ban that was imposed to combat the coronavirus outbreak, although no final decision has been made, two Ottawa sources familiar with the matter said Monday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference at …
Read More »Hong Kong to impose the most severe restrictions on social distancing
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will impose new stringent social distancing measures since midnight Tuesday, the strictest in the Asian financial center since the coronavirus broke out, as authorities warn that the risk of a large-scale outbreak is extremely high. Passengers wear surgical masks on an MTR train after …
Read More »Coronavirus shrinks deals globally: what to expect next
The “art” of doing business has become quite a difficult sale this year. Rainmakers in the global M&A business saw the count of completed deals drop to $ 1.11 trillion in the first six months of the year, about half the volume seen during the same period in 2019, for …
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