girl in quarantine – GETTY A leading World Health Organization figure has described the 14-day quarantine period as a “conservative estimate” of how long people may be infectious, reports Georgina Hayes.  Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO’s regional director for Europe, cautioned that “the […]

A policy requiring all trucks to leave on time from U.S. Postal Service facilities, like this post office in Van Nuys, led to chaos in the system, a Times investigation found. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) For new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who wanted the U.S. Postal Service to […]

Staff working from home for fashion retailer Next have been “stultified” by boring online presentations and missed out on office camaraderie, the company said. Next said that overall, the impact of the pandemic on business had been “expensive and miserable”. But it had also seen some advantages from the upheaval, […]

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, many people who were previously used to working in an office environment have had to get used to working from home, setting up home offices and acclimatising to a much quieter workplace setting than they may typically be used to. During the peak of lockdown, when […]

When the coronavirus shuttered the hospitality industry in March, Chicago bartender Garrett Collins moved back home to Edmond, Oklahoma, where he now lives with his parents and a grandmother. “When I first moved in, I felt pretty guilty,” said Collins, 27. “I felt like I was very lucky and privileged […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many to rethink their long-term plans, like committing to multiyear college programs — especially since forced virtual learning has not led to an overall reduction in the cost of schooling. Instead of enrolling as normal, some students and parents are researching gap year options. In […]

Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump’s former acting chief of staff, will soon make his first trip to the British Isles in his new role as the U.S. special envoy for Northern Ireland, according to two people familiar with the trip. After not traveling to Europe for the last six months […]

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When the coronavirus shuttered the hospitality industry in March, Chicago bartender Garrett Collins moved back home to Edmond, Oklahoma, where he now lives with his parents and grandmother. “When I first moved in, I felt pretty guilty,” Collins, 27, said. “I felt like I was very lucky and privileged in […]

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Way out: Quarantine policies are changing quickly (Simon Calder) Another leading online travel agent has quit Abta, the travel association, in a row over refunds for customers affected by government travel changes. Love Holidays has followed On the Beach in resigning from the leading travel trade association. Both are unhappy […]

The Telegraph Second lockdown would be ‘disastrous’ for the economy, Boris Johnson warns A second lockdown would be an economic “disaster” for the UK, Boris Johnson said as he acknowledged that the testing system was experiencing “huge problems.” In his second appearance before the Commons powerful liaison committee this year, […]

BARNSTABLE, MA — Nearly 36 percent of Cape Cod businesses only have enough money to survive for six months or less, according to survey results from the Cape Cod Commission. The Cape Cod Commission, an economic development agency for Barnstable County, surveyed about 400 businesses across the region affected by […]

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — Laguna Beach Mayor Bob Whalen delivered the State of the City Address Tuesday evening from his home over Zoom. The online meetings are the new method of getting city business into the public eye since the coronavirus began. Since March, when Laguna Beach officials made swift, […]

It’s hard to find an industry that hasn’t been majorly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but arguably travel, hospitality, and retail have been hit hardest. As businesses across the country grapple with the painful reality of the COVID retail landscape, many are being forced to make difficult changes. Recently, iconic […]