World Coronavirus Dispatch: Apple's Tim Cook hints at retaining WFH

Hong Kong Disneyland opens this week, US colleges become Covid reservoirs, UK lockdown may knock 2% off GDP, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Apple CEO Tim Cook said he’s been impressed by employees’ ability to operate remotely and predicted that some new work habits will remain after the pandemic. During an interview at The Atlantic Festival on Monday, Cook said Apple created new products, despite the need for most employees to work away from the office due to Covid-19.

Cook said he doesn’t believe Apple will “return to the way we were because we’ve found that there are some things that actually work really well virtually.” Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 31,322,314

Change Over Yesterday: