The coronavirus pandemic may inflict a sharp recession on the global economy that might continue throughout the first half of 2020. The contraction has been felt outright, with GDP falling 1.3% and huge uncertainty looming over our current and rapidly evolving environment. Businesses have lost revenue and laid off workers, and unemployment levels are rising sharply. As business investment contracts and corporate bankruptcies soar, the situation is putting significant pressure on the global financial system.
In this RadioFinance session, we will talk to Professor Dale Fisher, who is the Chair of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) steering committee for the World Health Organisation (WHO). He’s also a senior infectious diseases physician at National University Hospital, Singapore. He is a member of the WHO-China joint mission on COVID-19, whose aim is to aid national and international planning in response to the outbreak as well as ensuring readiness in geographic areas not yet affected.
Professor Fisher will share his views on the ongoing pandemic and the steps businesses can take to minimise its effect and contain its spread.
The discussion will focus on these issues:
Chair, Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Steering Committee, World Health Organisation (WHO); Chair, Infection Control, National University Hospital, Singapore
The COVID-19 Series is a collection of radio sessions that will be broadcast live on social media platforms to about 30,000 listeners in the financial services sector to survey the impact of the pandemic across the globe, potential aftershocks businesses may face and possible line of action in the days ahead.
