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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Executive Briefing - Understand the COVID-19 outbreak, its impact on the global economy, and initial implications for specific sectors

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Executive Briefing - Understand the COVID-19 outbreak, its impact on the global economy, and initial implications for specific sectors


Overview

The contagious coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 (formerly 2019-nCoV), which broke out at the close of 2019, has led to a medical
emergency across the world, with the World Health Organization officially declaring the novel coronavirus a pandemic on 11
March 2020.

Foreword

The coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, dubbed COVID-19, is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting millions of people globally.


Minimising the humanitarian cost of this pandemic and effectively solving the challenges posed by COVID-19 needs to be the top priority for all.

However, it is important to note that the virus is having a growing impact on the global economy. This report is intended to provide business leaders with an initial perspective on the current situation, the potential economic impact, and implications for specific sectors.

This is a highly complex, uncertain, and fast moving situation. This report reflects our perspective as of 26 March, 2020, although the outbreak is moving quickly, and some of the perspectives in this article may fall rapidly out of date.

We are updating our research daily as the outbreak evolves, and are already helping our clients to:

— Stay up-to-date with dynamic, real-time COVID-19 Dashboards
— Understand, monitor, and develop responses to COVID-19 with strategic playbooks
— Understand the business implications of COVID-19 with detailed sector-specific research reports
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— Benefit from tailored, high-impact consulting services