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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Sectors such as travel, hospitality, tourism, retail, the arts and entertainment will suffer closures and reorganisations. This means that coordination between national, regional and local authorities needs to be strong and extensive. Authorities and politicians must work hard to build up a relationship of trust with the public.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

In the wake of the WHO report, Professor Ziad Abdeen of the Palestinian Health Authority said about pandemics: "My task is to tell you things you don't want to know, and ask you to spend money you haven't got on something you don't think will happen." This is intended as the basis for possible scenarios of the outcome of the pandemic.

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