The source of the outbreak has baffled health officials, who said they were confident there were no local transmission of the virus in New Zealand for 102 days and that the family had not travelled overseas.

“We are working hard to put together pieces of the puzzle on how this family got infected,” said Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield.

Investigations were zeroing in on the potential the virus was imported by freight. Bloomfield said surface testing was underway at an Auckland cool store where a man from the infected family worked.

“We know the virus can survive within refrigerated environments for quite some time,” Bloomfield said during a televised media conference.

Worldwide virus cases top 20 million, Doubling in six weeks

Aug 12, 2020

The worldwide count of known COVID-19 infections climbed past 20 million on Monday, with more than half of them from just three countries: the U.S., India and Brazil, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

AXA Considers Sale of Singapore Business as It Seeks to Raise Funds: Sources

Aug 11, 2020

The French insurer is working with an adviser on the potential sale, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The Singapore unit, which offers life and property and casualty insurance, could draw interest from rivals seeking to expand in Southeast Asia, the people said. It generated 615 million euros ($723 million) of revenue in 2019, according to AXA’s annual report.

Four-fifths of CEOs expect COVID-19 to entrench remote working: PwC

Aug 11, 2020

“A blend of office and home working is most likely to be the future norm,” PwC UK’s chairman Kevin Ellis said.

Two-thirds of chief executives expected a global economic downturn as a result of COVID, and more than three-quarters expected a further shift towards automation.

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