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The number of cases of Covid-19 around the world will reach 20 million this week, with a global death toll of 750,000, the director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said today.
At a virtual press conference, he praised the decision to implement local lockdowns in the UK.
Over the last few days, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson put areas of northern England under stay at home notifications as clusters of cases were identified. In France, President Emmanuel Macron introduced compulsory masking in busy outdoor spaces of Paris in response to an increase in cases. Strong and precise measures like these, in combination with utilising every tool at our disposal, are key to preventing any resurgence in Covid-19 and allowing societies to be reopened safely.
More than half of UK workers want to continue working from home when lockdown lifts, according to new research by LinkedIn, the professional network.
Three out of five respondents (63%), who are currently working from home, believed the traditional 9-5 is over, following Covid.
The pandemic has definitely been a moment that has seen decades worth of change in a matter of months. Every day I see more and more LinkedIn posts about the topic of working from home, many from those who are really enjoying the flexibility this gives them, which is further supported in our research.
We’ve heard from many people on the platform that they’re much happier now that, during their normal working or commuting hours, they’re able to fit in some home exercise, or take a bit of fresh air while walking the dog, be there for bedtime every day, or family meals together – things they were missing out on before the pandemic and that they’re now really reluctant to give up. There’s such a strong demand now for more flexible working hours, and employers are really starting to pay attention, which is great to see.
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