COVID-19 Alert - 01 June 2020

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Actions by Governments

COVID-19 SPREAD CDC analysis now suggests coronavirus started spreading in the U.S in January (boston.com)
Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 140,000 mark: Africa CDC (China.org.cn)
The hollowing out of the CDC (The Hill)
China WAR: Donald Trump plans new anti-China alliance amid tensions (Daily Express)
Australia ‘would welcome official invitation’ to G7 after Donald Trump calls for expanded summit (Special Broadcasting Service)
Trump’s pending immigration decision divides small business, crackdown supporters (Washington Times)
As America Burned, President Trump Largely Stayed Silent (Forbes.com)
Donald Trump and Joe Biden create different narratives for the election (The Hill)
THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE: Master Blaster: Donald Trump plays with matches as the US burns (Daily Maverick)
Donald Trump’s ‘G11’ plan heightens speculation over efforts to build new anti-China alliance (South China Morning Post)
Donald Trump, Melania taken to bunker amid protests against George Floyd s death (Moneycontrol.com)
Letting Donald Trump take charge is the real American tragedy (Toronto Star Online)
SpaceX and the House of Representatives shared something in common last week (FOXNews.com)
Donald Trump admits US may REJOIN WHO if ONE thing happens (Daily Express)
George Floyd: Donald Trump under fire as violence flares across America (Yahoo! India)
‘They’re just doing whatever they want’: Few masks are seen as Maryland beach town reopens (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
This California county was one of the first to reopen. It’s already closing again (Deseret News)
WSJ – A poll shows two-thirds of New Jersey residents support Gov. Phil Murphy’s reopening strategy, but a partisan divid… https://t.co/GNNTGukS01 (WSJ – Twitter)
Column: Now is the time to make Hawaii better (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
Dear California kids, use your unprecedented power (San Francisco Chronicle)
What to expect when voting in Iowa’s primary election on Tuesday (Des Moines Register)
Ohio has a water warning for reopening businesses (Dayton Daily News)
Connecticut coronavirus contact tracing plan faces hurdles: report (FOXNews.com)
Missouri resident who attended packed pool party tests positive for coronavirus (FOXBusiness.com)
Ready to roll: Delaware businesses begin Phase 1 opening (Delaware State News.net)
Editorial: Give Hawaii restaurants dine-in support (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
Hawaii
visitor arrivals continue upward trend (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
Plastic’s Back! COVID Contamination Concerns Crush California’s “Green” New Deal (Zero Hedge)
Illinois announces 60 more coronavirus deaths as Chicago Mayor Lightfoot weighs moving back start of Chicago’s Phase 3 (Chicago Sun-Times)
Restaurant reopening regulation from the hacks: What could go wrong? (Boston Herald)
Virus Outbreak: UK government advisers warn on easing lockdown (Taipei Times Online)
UK government preparing stimulus package for July: FT (The Straits Times All News)
Covid-19 stimulus: Australian government targets giant construction projects and home renos next (The Guardian)
Spanish government to request ‘final’ lockdown extension (EFE)
UK government confirms new rules of what you can and can’t legally do in England on June 1 (Liverpool Echo)

Actions by Companies

Apple Reopening Flagship Tokyo Stores as Japan Eases Restriction (Bloomberg)
Google rescinds 2,000 job offers (Yahoo! Finance UK and Ireland)
Mobility in GCC fell drastically amid Covid-19 shut downs, Google data shows (Arabian Business)
COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready By October 2020, Says Head of Pfizer (Indiatimes)
Amazon pares deliveries, routes in some cities rocked by unrest, protests, report says (USA Today)
Mosaic Templars center reopens (Arkansas Online)
10 things you should never do at Costco, according to employees (Business Insider India)
Dell sees coronavirus pandemic pushing enterprises shifting from desktops to laptops (Indian Express)
Cashless Revolutions Accelerated 5 Years From PayPal (B&T Online)
Walmart says employee complaints about AI technology are a non-issue (FOXBusiness.com)
Now on Netflix: Portraits of grief with unplanned relevance (Hartford Courant)
Google unveils new AR tool to help users maintain social distance (Times Live South Africa)
Target temporarily shutters more than 100 locations after rioters loot, ransack stores (Washington Times)
Amazon’s UK website targeted with racist messages posted by ‘bad actor’ (Abu Dhabi National)
“It’s Too Dangerous” – Amazon Orders Delivery Drivers To “Turn Back” Amid Riots As Company Prepares To Cut Hazard Pay (Zero Hedge)
Korean Air reopens international routes amid rescue plan (Deutsche Welle)
Hyundai Motor s May sales fall sharply year on year due to COVID-19 impact (Moneycontrol.com)
COVID-19 likely to hit Infosys growth numbers in FY21 (Moneycontrol.com)
Samsung to add new memory chip line in South Korea as COVID-19 boosts demand (Reuters: Technology News)
Yes Bank top brass opts for voluntary restructuring of compensation, will take 30 FY21 salary in variable pay (Moneycontrol.com)
Car Sales May 2020: Toyota India Sells 1639 Units During Lockdown (NDTV)
L&T Construction Converts Healthcare Units into COVID-19 Care Facilities (Equity Bulls)
OCBC survey finds Singaporeans and PRs facing financial stress over Covid-19 (Business Times Singapore)
Coronavirus Impact: Hyundai Motor’s Global Sales Fall Sharply In May 2020 (NDTV)
Toyota Kirloskar Motor posts sales of 1,639 units in May (Livemint.com)
Digi powers Mercy Malaysia Covid-19 counselling support hotline (Telecompaper)
Infosys among UK firms accessing Rishi Sunak’s Covid-19 job saving scheme (New Delhi Pioneer)
Watch stories of everyday people fighting COVID-19 crisis in special Mediacorp show (Channel NewsAsia)
Panasonic Revitalizes ACs to Help Fight COVID-19 in Jakarta (JARN)
Coronavirus impact: LIC listing, IDBI Bank stake sale may be delayed (Business Today India)
Turkish airlines, airports shares rise as some flights resume (Reuters)
UAE retailers need to ‘be bold,’ says Emaar chief Mohamed Alabbar (Al Arabiya)
Unions slam Telkom’s ‘treachery’ for putting job cuts back on table amid Covid-19 battle (IOL)
Lost resorts: Sanlam reveals why hospitality firms aren’t being paid out (Times Live South Africa)
S.Africa’s Standard Bank flags more than 20% fall in H1 earnings (Reuters)
Standard Bank Sees First-Half Earnings Falling 20% on Virus (Bloomberg-Quint)
A Good Future For SAA, Eskom – Ramaphosa (iafrica.com)
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank’s CEO resigns after about one year in the role (Reuters)
Ikea Warrington opening times and safety measures as stores reopen today (Liverpool Echo)
After coronavirus and Ghosn: Renault and Nissan plot their future (Financial Times – UK Homepage)
Ryanair to slash fares by half in flight price war (Yahoo! Finance UK and Ireland)
Aldi mask policy: All the shopping rules customers must follow in store (Daily Express)
Ryanair to cut fares by HALF this year (TheWashingtonTime.com)
Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons introduce policy to help shoppers avoid queues (Daily Express)
‘People don’t care anymore’: Outrage over photo of queuing Aldi customers (Yahoo! News Australia)
Hard to believe the world will fully recover without the US, Accenture Europe CEO says (CNBC)
Exciting life of dad who gets to drive Porsche cars as a job (Liverpool Echo)
Metro service starts 1 to 30 minutes earlier (Shenzhen Daily)
Burberry enters into cooperation with Chinese reality show to reach younger demographic and boost struggling revenue, signaling new trend (Global Times)
Atlantia must accept stricter motorway tariff rules says economy minister (Nasdaq)
Airbus Set to Reassess Output After Virus Shatters Jet Demand (Bloomberg-Quint)
AXA extends help to deaf community (Manila Times)
Nokia Smart TV 43-inch model gets listed on Flipkart with key features, launch on June 4 (msn.co.in)

Drugs, Treatments & Vaccines

Vaccine companies ‘all in to fight COVID-19’ (Pharma Letter)
Russia plans coronavirus vaccine clinical trials in two weeks – report (FirstWord Pharma)
Mylan’s Pakistan Partner to Sell Covid-19 Drug Within Two Months (FirstWord Pharma)
Taiwan allows import of anti-viral drug remdesivir (FirstWord Pharma)
Russian Health Ministry Approves First Domestic Drug for COVID-19 (FirstWord Pharma)
Medical Journal Issues Correction on Study of Covid-19 and Antimalarial Drugs (FirstWord Pharma)
Pfizer CEO has announced that the Covid vaccine will be ready by the end of October (FirstWord Pharma)
US pharma giant seeks marketing authorisation from India for remdesivir (FirstWord Pharma)
Testing on Kids Is a Nervous Next Step on Way to Covid Vaccine (FirstWord Pharma)
US sends two million doses of unproven hydroxychloroquine drug to Brazil (Al Arabiya)
COVID-19 crisis Remdesivir manufacturers may be allowed to sell only to government for now Report (Moneycontrol.com)
Coronavirus vaccine update: Positive developments from China and India; check out the details (Business Today India)
Scientists hunt Covid-19 pandemic hotspots in race to test vaccines (The Star SA)
Myths about the coronavirus vaccine you need to stop believing (MSN Canada)
Domestic coronavirus vaccines perform well in clinical trials (China.org.cn)
Sinovac 99% sure of vaccine efficacy; Moderna’s clinical trial enters 2nd phase (Indian Express)
COVID-19 Antibody Treatment: South Korea’s Celltrion announces positive results from preclinical studies (Firstpost.com)
Lupin steps up production of key drugs in potential use for Covid-19 (Business Standard India)
Testing on kids Is a nervous next step on the way to a COVID-19 vaccine (Japan Times)
Coronavirus Treatment: Russian Health Ministry Approves Japanese Flu Drug Avifavir (International Business Times)
Japan starts coronavirus antibody tests on 10,000 people (JapanTimes.co.jp)
Explained: New study suggests SARS-CoV-2 may be detected using a ‘naked eye’ test (Indian Express)
‘It was a gift’: St. Elizabeth gives COVID-19 convalescent plasma to 40-plus patients (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Unlock 1.0: Fresh challenges in tackling covid-19 (Livemint.com)

Societal & Economic Impact

Victoria eases lockdown (9News.com.au)
at a glance (The Guardian)
A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick (australianherald.com latest)
What to do if you lose your job during COVID-19 (CourierMail.com.au Business)
‘Our business can now get cracking’ after lockdown (BBC News – Business)
Protests continue as coronavirus continues to spread in several states (CBS News)
Global report: fears of coronavirus surge from US protests as world cases hit 6m (The Guardian)
UK coronavirus LIVE: Lockdown to be eased in ‘critical week’ amid warning Covid-19 could ‘run out of control again’ (MSN UK)
The economy was sick long before COVID-19 struck the lockdown sent it to the ICU (Moneycontrol.com)
COVID-19 robs teens of social connection, special events (GoldCoastBulletin.com.au)
Defending lockdown easing, UK foreign minister says it’s the ‘right step’ (The Straits Times All News)
Government to hold daily coronavirus briefing as lockdown set to be eased further (Sky News)
Why recovery from a global coronavirus recession will be determined by the people – not governments (The Independent)
Manila bustles back to life as lockdown eases (Abu Dhabi National)
Learnings From China On Reopening The Economy (Bloomberg-Quint)

Geopolitical Impact

Hong Kong is collateral damage in Trump’s new trade war with China (Nikkei Asian Review)
Cambodia tightens border control (Manila Times)
China’s economy rebounding, US and EU amid historic plunge (Manila Times)
US-Japan military drills go on despite virus, with eye on China (Nikkei Asian Review)
India expels 2 Pakistan embassy officials on charges of espionage, orders to leave country within 24 hours (Business Today India)
Australian military’s new war room to face any enemy (GoldCoastBulletin.com.au)
Defence after the disease: how the military has seen opportunity in the Covid-19 crisis (Telegraph)
Seas around Taiwan to be center of military movements: defense analyst (Focus Taiwan)
OPINION: Decoding the Chinese sense of humour and geopolitics (TheWeek)

Cybersecurity Impact

Ransomware, malware exploit coronavirus themes (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
Australia calls for stronger defences amid cyber attacks – ComputerWeekly.com (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
China is using cyber warfare to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
‘Begin with the assumption of breach’: Rep. Will Hurd on COVID-19 cyber threats (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
The inevitable coronavirus-inspired cyber-attacks are stepping up. Are you ready? (The Register – Security)
Impact of Covid-19 Outbreak on Cyber Security Software Market 2020 Trends, Growth Opportunities, Demand, Application, Top Companies and Industry Forecast 2026 – WaterCloud News (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
Cyber Warfare Growing: From Academic Background to Current Events (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
Cybersecurity investments ‘failing’ say Australian companies – iTWire (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
Inside hackers’ pivot to medical espionage – Axios (CERT-EU – Latest News – RSS)
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