Newsletter - Edition April 2020
Dear Friends of Zetland,
COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, first reported in the Wuhan province of China end of 2019, is rapidly spreading throughout the world and governments scramble to contain new infection cases with daily announcements of new measures aimed at reducing social contact and travel. Since the Chinese New Year celebrations earlier in January, Chinese authorities have restricted the movement of some 780 million people introducing travel bans, mandatory leave, curfews, and even complete lockdowns of entire mega cities. Governments in other countries with exponential infection growth rates follow a similar strategy of drastic restrictions in social and business life. After 2 months in lockdown, Chinese authorities are slowly lifting restrictions in the country and Wuhan.
The economic impact of the large scale shutdowns is yet to be seen. Singapore’s, Hong Kong’s and Chin’s budget already provide some COVID-19 related relief measures for businesses and individuals. For details read our articles section.
As many are on flexible work arrangements, keeping up-to-date and working on mobile devices is more prevalent than ever. We updated the design of our newsletter to be easily read on mobile phones and tablets. Our articles are arranged in a new blog style on our website for improved reading.
Our Singapore and London office premises are closed until 4th May and until further notice respectively and our colleagues remain available for your on flexible work arrangements. Please feel free to reach out via e-mail.
We are very much looking forward to meeting our clients and partners in person again once the pandemic has settled. In the meantime, we are of course available by e-mail, call and video conference.
Yours sincerely,
Dominik Stuiber
Director and Zetland Group General Manager
Dominik Stuiber
Director and Zetland Group General Manager
