RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

摘要

ON 31 DECEMBER 2019, the outbreak of a respiratory illness in Wuhan City in China was reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO). At that time, it was called 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov). but has since been renamed Covid-19. Fast forward to mid-April 2020, and over 200 countries and territories around the world have reported a total of approximately 2 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 123,000 related deaths. The most obvious impact of this outbreak is how people are affected. Whether infected or not, Covid-19 and the associated preventive measures have fundamentally changed our social and professional working practices. Businesses have adopted and implemented alternative ways of working and many have downsized by furloughing their workforce. Employers have two primary considerations at this time - a duty of care to their staff, and a duty of care to their shareholders and customers.