Various new measures are being created to cope with the threat of the virus, with huge ramifications for tourism.
By all indications, the country’s citizens have been some of Europe’s most compliant in observing lockdown.
Trying to decipher which Government has been “best” and “worst” at handling the crisis is a tricky endeavour.
Figures from national reported statistics suggest that the UK is in the middle of the range – above Germany & America but below Belgium & Spain.
From medical equipment, to herd immunity, to data collection, everything has been reduced and given no nuance.
Some regions have already started to ease off lockdown measures. Here are their plans so far:
It should remove those taxes and regulations that will stop business from applying their ingenuity on the problem of rebuilding from the ruins.
A common threat, especially in the form of a pathogen, flicks switches in our brains, making us less tolerant of dissent.
The only way of pushing such a narrative is to remove context and nuance from the data.
It will take a vast New Deal of actual spending to lift Europe out of Coronavirus slump and head off a deflationary depression.
Britain cannot afford to take so long to incorporate international lessons as the epidemic progresses.
By taking unnecessary risks with virus transmission we could literally be putting others at greater risk of death if the services they need are blocked.
The perils and volatility that the Coronavirus – that ultimate leveller-down – brings with it suddenly endanger last year’s near-landslide winner.
With the bazooka being well-wielded by Sunak, it seems almost churlish to suggest some further things the Treasury could do. But here are three.
It will require up to 50,000 people, not 18,000. Or else we’re set to be in shutdown for the duration – with baleful economic consequences.