This post is a follow-up to a post from earlier this year where I discussed about the doctors per capita in OECD countries. As the vaccines for Covid-19 gets rolled out nurses will be one of the key workers in the health care sector involved in the administration of the vaccines. The following chart shows …
Tourism is a major industry in many countries. The below chart from OECD shows tourism as a percentage of GDP for select countries. Tourism accounts for 12.5% and 11.8% of the GDP for Portugal and Spain respectively. Other economies with high high dependence on this industry include France, Mexico and Greece. Tourism is 2.8% of …
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Australia is called as The Lucky Country due to all the advantages it has including the abundance of natural resources. In an article today Dr.Shane Oliver at AMP Capital writes on the reasons why Australian stocks are likely to outperform in 2021. One of the reasons he notes is on the success of Australia in controlling the …
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Below is a simple but effective public service infographic from Japan on how to prevent the spreading of Covid-19. The three Cs to remember are: Crowded Spaces, Crowded Places and Close-contact settings. Click to enlarge Source: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan
Coronavirus cases are exploding in the U.S. For the first time since the pandemic began, new cases exceeded 160,000 yesterday according to NY Times. For more than a week now average daily cases have crossed the 100,000 mark. Covid-19 has killed 242,787 Americans so far and the total case count is over 10.6 million. The situation …
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