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)
UNWTO also calls upon the sector and travelers to address this challenge with sound judgment and proportionate measures.
Follow the latest news about coronavirus and its impact on hotels, airlines, cruise lines, tourism destinations, and other sectors of the travel industry.
By Harvard Medical School & Co.
Shows day by day growth/decline per country

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
This crisis, like most crises that we have been through, whilst more severe, will eventually end. Can we learn from this crisis to collaborate as a world and solve Global Warming? This is the big looming crisis that will unfortunately not end, and which will just get worse and worse.
A foreign worker has tested positive for coronavirus for the first time in Maldives, raising fears of a large scale outbreak in a country with a significant migrant worker population. Health Protection Agency (HPA) said Saturday the Bangladeshi national residing in capital Male tested positive af
A $29 million bailout for Maldives will be approved soon, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday. The funds have been requested for the Indian Ocean tourist paradise's central bank under the IMF's Rapid Credit Facility, a fast track concessional financial assistance...
The government of Maldives has imposed a 14-day lockdown in Male' City area which includes Male’ City, Hulhumale' and Vilimale'.
The UNWTO is calling on all governments to continuously review travel restrictions and ease or lift them once it is safe to do so, following its recent findings that almost all worldwide destinations have introduced travel restrictions in response to the pandemic.
The virus outbreak that started in Wuhan and spread around the globe will eventually end and worldwide travel will resume. However, the fear and new social patterns might linger for quite some time after that in what could best be described as 'post coronavirus stress disorder' (PCSD).
The World Travel & Tourism Council is inviting everyone to celebrate past travels and form new aspirations as a demonstration of solidarity with the global tourism industry.
Based on the conversations I'm having this week with our KTN clients, it seems that hotel sales teams are finding that there's a lull in activity right now. The flood of calls and emails regarding cancellations and postponements has abated, and most hotels are lucky to have even a trickle of RFP's...
Hoteliers are transforming their properties into temporary healthcare facilities and self-isolation wards during the coronavirus pandemic
GBTA's recent survey of its members provides an indication that business travel has bottomed out, but expectations of when and how it returns may be optimistic.  

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