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The Thai government has announced that the country will be experiencing a complete lockdown starting this weekend, causing 60,000 migrant workers to flee the country. The workers are trying desperately to return home before the borders are shut down and many have already left. A large number of people in Thailand have lost their jobs due to the crisis.

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The Indian government has declared a total lockdown of the country due to the coronavirus, causing millions of people to rush to stores and markets to gather supplies. Even though Modi said essential services would remain open, shipments of vegetables and food are not being allowed into the cities. A number of shops have also been forced to close down.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete lockdown for 21 days amid surging numbers of coronavirus cases in the country. In a televised address, Modi said "There will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes," India joined other countries like Italy and Spain to impose a complete lockdown. The total number of cases in the country surged to 562 with 10 confirmed deaths.

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People are getting more affiliated with their mobile devices. So Marketers need to find ways to stay a step ahead of consumer needs. Consumers have immense options nowadays because they do have a lot of exposure due to this prevailing technology. The attention span of the consumer is getting lesser day by day and businesses need to play with data to capture this.

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Like many other Businesses, Event Management Industry depends upon different stakeholders for the execution of the events but due to the spread of COVID19, companies are not allowing their employees to travel and to take part in such conferences. The major commercial markets for these conferences are the US and Europe and they both are badly affected. Due to all this, the industry is bearing heavy losses.

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Coronavirus pandemic has taken over the entire world, Governments around the world imposing lockdowns to avoid COVID19 outbreak. Worldwide cases of novel coronavirus jumped above 400,000 as the number of deaths crossed 18,000. Italy reported more than 700 deaths in the last 24 hours to push the total death toll in the country near 7,000. Numbers in the US are surging and different states are imposing shutdowns

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Key Players in developing a commercial conference are
Speaker Sourcing Department (Responsible for creating themes and agendas)
Delegate Sourcing Department (Responsible for booking buyer companies)
Sponsor Sourcing Department (The sales team responsible for selling exhibition and the presentation packages to the solution providers)
Operations Dept (Front Line department responsible for the execution of all actions)

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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently announced that the state would be undergoing a complete lockdown, with schools closed until summer and only essential businesses such as grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations allowed to remain open for the foreseeable future. All premises where people gather in significant numbers such as gyms, bowling alleys and theaters have been ordered to shut down.

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The Mozilla Foundation, creators of the popular Mozilla web browser, and Scroll, a startup offering a subscription service that allows users to read articles on news sites without seeing advertisements, have teamed up to offer users Firefox Better Web with Scroll, which combines Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection with Scroll's ad-free browsing experience.

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Global Times, a Chinese news media outlet reported on Tuesday that a Chinese man from Yunnan province died on a chartered bus while he was on his way back to Shandong province for work. The person was tested positive for ‘Hantavirus’, Hantavirus spread mainly from rodents but it can cause Hantavirus disease in human beings. There were 32 passengers on the bus, who are being tested at the moment

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UK's Conservative PM Boris Johnson has announced a nationwide lockdown that could be extended to last up to 6 months, as the country saw its coronavirus cases totaling 6,650 with 335 dead. All non-essential businesses, premises, and places of worship will remain closed and weddings and baptisms will be banned, while fines of up to 1000 GBP may be applicable to those who will not comply with the lockdown

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The 86-year-old Cameroonian jazz and funk music legend Manu Dibango has passed away after being diagnosed with the coronavirus infection. Dibango passed away in a hospital in Paris, where he had lived since 1965. Dibango's greatest hit came in 1972 with the song Soul Makossa, with Michael Jackson's Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' taking heavy inspiration from the song, so much so that Dibango sued and won against Jackson.

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The search and online advertising giant Google, owned by parent company Alphabet, has stated that amid the crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is abandoning all current branches, infra support, testing and merging of branches of its next Chrome browser update, named M82, a move unprecedented in the browser's 11-year history that came as a shock to Chrome's 2 billion users worldwide.

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The UK-based fitness and sporting equipment chain Sports Direct, owned by Mike Ashley's Frasers Group which also owns Evans Cycles, had instructed all its employees to remain at work despite a government-mandated shutdown of all non-essential businesses, claiming its fitness equipment qualified as an essential service. After widespread outrage on social media and a tweet to UK PM Boris Johnson, Sports Direct has finally closed all its stores.

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The video conferencing app Zoom has seen its users surge into the millions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the freemium app intentionally tries to compel users to download its app instead of running Zoom's browser-based web client. An extension designed by Arkadiy Tetelman of US digital bank Chime, called Zoom Redirect, will now allow users to easily attend Zoom meetings or lectures in their browser without downloading the app.

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Appearing on NBC's The Today Show, US Surgeon General Jerome Adams has stated that the coronavirus pandemic is about to get worse this week, with most states in the country facing an alarming rise in the number of newly infected people. The statement comes as New York, New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Oregon and Illinois have seen complete lockdowns, with New York accounting for 6 percent of the world's coronavirus cases.

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Japanese Prime Minister told reporters on Tuesday that he proposed to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for about a year and the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach agreed 100%, the games will now take place in summer 2021. A postponement was already on the cards after some nations announce withdrawal from the event due to the health concerns of players and the public

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The video conferencing app Zoom has garnered millions of users in a matter of weeks, becoming the primary social media network for students who are attending online lectures hosted on the app. The company, founded by 50-year-old Eric Yuan, has seen its stock shoot to 160 USD per share as the app's popularity increases day by day. The app is free to use with payments for premium features.

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that the government will be focusing on helping the poor instead of bailing out giant companies during the coronavirus crisis. The virus is expected to cause a global recession but the government has said that they have enough public finances to support the people.

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'Supernatural' showrunner Andrew Dabb has announced that the March 23rd episode of the show will be the last fresh episode of the show for some time. The studio has been forced to halt production on the show due to the coronavirus but does still intend to properly finish the 15th season of the show.

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Amazon has made around 40 different children's shows available for free to customers all over the world. The company is trying to gain goodwill with parents who need to keep their kids occupied during the quarantine. Users will still need to sign in with a free valid Amazon account.

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Cineplex, a major cinema chain, has been forced to temporarily layoff most of its employees as the coronavirus has forced them to shut down most of their sites. Even top management employees are being forced to take pay cuts that amount to around 80% of their salaries. Staff will have a chance to get rehired once the crisis ends.

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Disney+ has launched in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland, and will be coming to the rest of Europe soon. The service will launch in France on April 7th and has been forced to use 25% lower bandwidth in order to put less strain on broadband networks.

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Vehicle manufacturer, Fiat Chrysler, has announced that it will be producing 1 million face masks every month in order to assist in the fight against the coronavirus. These masks will be donated to those working in emergency services such as the police and healthcare workers. Other companies have begun work on making ventilators.

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According to those in charge of collecting coronavirus data, Italy probably has ten times more coronavirus cases than the reported 64,000. Since testing can only take place at hospitals or labs, a large number of cases have likely gone undetected. The country is seriously short on both masks and ventilators.

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