COVID-19 Daily Update – June 7

Dear Colleagues,

The only changes between yesterday and today are the World info, Tables One and Two. The Stringency Table and Table Three, weekly updates, are the same.

Join incoming IFoA President Tan Suee Chieh  on Thursday, 18th June 09:30 – 11:00 (BST) for his address on “Uncertainty, Culture and Imagination”.

On 23rd June at 8:00am EDT, the IAA will be hosting a webinar “Climate Change, Insurance and Vulnerable Populations”. We urge our members to attend if possible.

Weekend reading:

• The Conversation: Coronavirus: why the Nordics are our best bet for comparing strategies

• New York Times: What Will It Take to Reopen the World to Travel?

• New York Times: The W.H.O., in a reversal, urges the public to wear face masks

• BBC World: Coronavirus: Hunting for future killer viruses

• BBC World: Coronavirus: India overtakes Italy in cases amid easing of lockdown

• ArsTECHNICA: SARS-CoV-2 looks like a hybrid of viruses from two different species

Weekly update of the Stringency Index:

Covid-19: Stringency Index                                                    

As at	Mar 31st	Apr 30th	May 29th	June 4th
Aruba	82	82	42	42
Barbados	73	89	81	81
Belize	55	71	91	91
Bermuda	52	96	72	72
Cuba	67	83	100	100
Dominica	31	85	70	70
Dominican Republic	90	97	84	84
Guyana	57	91	91	91
Haiti	76	83	83	83
Jamaica	75	87	87	78
Suriname	71	82	72	78
Trinidad and Tobago	80	91	87	87
Brazil	75	77	81	81
Canada	73	73	71	71
France	91	91	66	66
Germany	73	73	53	53
Norway	76	65	55	55
Panama	76	82	90	90
Puerto Rico	94	97	86	86
South Africa	88	88	84	84
United Kingdom	76	76	67	65
United States	73	73	73	73
Venezuela	82	82	85	85

Thank you.

Shubhash Gosine

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