Author - Inês Domingos

IAN Week in Review: Infections soar, EU leaders fail to agree on coronabonds

COVID19 infections accelerated around the world this week, as the US surpassed China in total coronavirus cases, reporting 81943 infections. In Europe, Italy and Spain registered record numbers of deaths caused by the new coronavírus, at 919 and 832 respectively. As Europe remains mostly in lockdown and the economic effects begin to be felt on companies...

IAN Week’s Review: The Policy response to the Corona Virus

As COVID19 infection rates soared across the world, several more states and countries introduced additional restrictions to activity and lockdowns. Perhaps the more significant was the u-turn by the UK Government on its previous policy of controlled infection, once they realised that the potential fatalities resulting from that policy would be in the hundred thousands. Due...