Data Tools & Articles to keep watch on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation

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Information Sources

Data about the spread of the Coronavirus, from reputable sources

Global
By the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Maldives
COVID-19 Local Updates - Ministry of Health - Maldives
Analytics, Information and safety
Avas.mv - Maldives news leader

Singapore
A collection of useful data visualisation regarding the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Singapore.
An interactive timeline chart for Singapore COVID-19 Cases

Articles

From various online magazines especially about the hospitality industry about the impact of the Coronavirus
The International Air Transport Association has urged the group of the 20 major economies to act quickly to prevent irrecoverable damage to the airline industry that has been shaken by the COVID-19 crisis.
The number of tourist arrivals to the Maldives is expected to drop by half in 2020, officials announced Wednesday, further lowering the popular holiday destination's tourism prospects in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Finance minister Ibrahim Ameer told reporters in capital Male...
Businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic will be able to apply for emergency fast track financing starting next week under a MVR 2.5 billion ($161.84 million) stimulus package, officials in Maldives announced Wednesday. The MVR 2.5 billion stimulus plan, announced last week, includes MVR 1.55 b
The coronavirus pandemic adding on to the global economic woes has impeded travel, severely impacting consumer spending for 2020, and posing critical risks to travel agencies given that financial performance is tied to the direct spending of consumers, according to GlobalData.
The World Tourism Organisation has released a set of recommendations calling for urgent support for the global tourism sector. If followed, the body hopes the sector will not only recover from the unprecedented challenge of Covid-19. but to “grow back better”.
Mainland China's daily hotel occupancy reached an absolute level of 31.8% on 28 March, up from a low of 7.4% during the first week of February, according to preliminary data from STR. Additionally, opening rates have been significant in key markets across the region.
The virus outbreak starting in Wuhan is the gamechanger for 2020 and many years to come. Reservations and occupancies will inevitably return, but the ground has forever shifted and this new normal we are just entering calls for new working - and largely virtual - conditions as well as a...
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of recommendations calling for urgent and strong support to help the global tourism sector not only recover from the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19 but to ‘grow back better’. The Recommendations are the first output of the Global...
Here are some fundamental best practices about CEO video messages during the coronavirus crisis.
Many hoteliers face tough decisions about how to best set room rates, or handle "revenue management," during the coronavirus crisis.

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