We’re starting to see some things looking up for many as some of the worst hit countries in Europe are beginning to find recovery – Italy has started to ease some of their lockdown measures as many citizens begin to return to work. A similar story has also begun to ring true in Spain as the government has begun to start the process of easing restrictions. But this good news isn’t apparent everywhere – the UK is still struggling as lockdown restrictions are to be continued, but there are silver linings. Some businesses are finding strength as delivery services offer an option for restaurants to remain open and stay afloat, these non gamstop casinos are available to those hoping to find a nice gaming distraction amongst all the bad news, and a 99-year old veteran has raised millions in donations for the NHS by walking laps of his care home.
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The biggest struggle of them all, is yet to be had however as the USA continues to try and save face despite the long flow of information around some things that may not be going so well for them. It has now been confirmed that the country will no longer make their payment contribution to the World Health Organisation following allegations that not enough was done to warn the country of the impending epidemic, but this follows a long list of reports that the US Government are causing part of the ongoing problem within the country. Recently concerns have been raised over hospitals within the country not receiving the supplies that they drastically need following information released earlier in the outbreak that specific states were having to bid on vital medical equipment and in some cases, even smuggle their own supplies in.
It is clear however that in the coming weeks, all eyes will be on the US and their President to see how the coming situation is handled – global cases have now topped two million with nearly a third of those being in the country, whilst also holding the most deaths. As figures continue to rise, we may begin to see growing criticisms of how this is being handled especially as the information begins to spread around misconduct and mishandling of important equipment. The initial hope that this would be done with by Easter weekend was far too optimistic and fears that as this starts to approach summer the economic impact may be one that would take a longer time to recover from – but as it stands, and the approach that is being taken whilst others are starting to come out of the otherside, it could be a long time before the US returns to a normal day to day.