The COVID-19 pandemic is a fluid situation organisations must deal with. The time for readiness has passed and response mechanisms are now in overdrive. For some this will mean returning to the classic principles of understanding the nature of uncertainty and risk, and a need to rebuild those mechanisms from the ground upwards.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on workers in global supply chains. Businesses must not lose sight of their business and human rights commitments as they manage their response to the pandemic.

The one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games is another in an increasing list of cancellations of a large-scale sporting event and will have ramifications for businesses and organisations.

China has been the test case of how to manage a COVID-19 outbreak. With a flattening infection curve and the first, cautious steps toward normalisation, there have been reports of a COVID-19 “second wave”. These reports misrepresent reality.

As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads through sub-Saharan Africa, we examine the possible implications of the responses from individual countries and the risks they face. Read our three key risk points.