Lloyd’s has reduced capacity to 45% to ensure it can maintain social distances.In order to ensure it doesn’t go above this the working week will be split by class of business
From 1 September,face coverings will be mandatory in all public areas of the building.

Covid hit 20% of meat workers in No. 1 chicken exporter Brazil

Aug 20, 2020

Employees in the meat industry have been deemed essential globally as companies try to keep up with protein demand. But the workers face conditions ripe for the spread of disease, and outbreaks have emerged from South America to Europe and Australia. Brazil is the world’s biggest exporter of poultry and beef and a key supplier of pork.

World Health Organization’s struggle for a global COVID-19 vaccine plan

Aug 19, 2020

The WHO has expressed concern that wealthier countries hoarding vaccines for their own citizens could impede efforts to end the pandemic.

“We need to prevent vaccine nationalism,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a Tuesday virtual briefing. “Sharing finite supplies strategically and globally is actually in each country’s national interest.”

WHO blasts ‘vaccine nationalism’ in last-ditch push against hoarding

Aug 19, 2020

The WHO has an Aug. 31 deadline for wealthier nations to join the “COVAX Global Vaccines Facility” for sharing vaccine hopefuls with developing countries. Tedros said he sent a letter to the WHO’s 194 member states, urging participation.
So far, the COVAX facility has attracted interest from 92 poorer countries hoping for voluntary donations and 80 wealthier countries, a number little changed from a month ago, that would finance the scheme, the WHO said.

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