Denmark has banned companies that are registered in tax havens from accessing financial aid during the Pandemic. The Nordic country has spent billions on aid for companies experiencing drastic drops in revenues but, in an amendment to the aid measures, companies registered in tax haven countries are not eligible for aid.Additionally, firms applying for an extension of Danish state aid must now promise not to pay dividends or make share buy-backs in 2020 and 2021. https://www.nordicpolicycentre.org.au/denmark_bars_tax_haven_companies_from_covid_19_financial_aid
With no indoor dining allowed, New York City has allocated street space for restaurants to serve outdoors. There's a lot of creativity and even contests for best outdoor dining experience.
Three-way video sessions are revolutionising Australia's healthcare system for those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.Australians from non-English speaking backgrounds are statistically less likely to access health services regularly, which often leads to poorer health outcomes.COVID-19 has prompted Western Sydney's Local Health District to bring forward the release of its new myVirtualCare service for patients, which includes a three-way video interpreting platform.https://www.sbs.com.au/news/video-interpreters-are-helping-people-in-australia-to-access-healthcare-in-their-language
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The world’s largest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute, announced a plan to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven inoculation. It’s a gamble with a huge upside. And huge risks. By the time the trials finish, expected around November, Serum plans to have stockpiled 300 million doses of the Oxford vaccine for commercial use.
And if all of those fail, they can quickly adapt their assembly lines to manufacture whatever vaccine candidate does work ..
Read the full news - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/01/world/asia/coronavirus-vaccine-india.html
