The pandemic has taken an emotional toll on employees globally, with 80 percent of those employed reporting they have faced challenges as a result of the pandemic. These stresses include personal circumstances such as family pressures, feeling lonely and isolated, and employer-related issues such as job security.
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines will be the largest, fastest and most challenging vaccination program in history. This could bring many problems. Some we will anticipate; some we won’t. One glaring problem that is quickly emerging is a major mismatch between vaccine supply and demand.
- New Zealand gets top marks for how it has dealt with COVID-19
- Health epidemic eclipses hacking as the top potential threat
- Majority of Australians do not believe China will be a positive influence on world affairs
Global concern about Coronavirus is once more on the increase. We approach the end of the year with almost two-thirds across 27 nations saying that things in their country are on the wrong track.
As the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine continues at speed, the world faces many more questions than answers – not only about when we might have a vaccine, but who will get it first, how will they get it and are they willing to have it? And how far will it take us on the journey back to ‘normal’…?
This special tenth edition of our Signals digest recaps on the content we have featured across the series and looks back at some of the defining moments of the crisis so far.
