HOW HAS

CORONAVIRUS
IMPACTED
HUMAN LIVES
Done by Bhavesh
 Overview
 Introduction to Coronavirus

 History of Coronavirus

 Main 3 Pandemic Coronaviruses

 Impact of Coronavirus

 Detailed Study on Economic Impact

 Economic Case Study 1
 Economic Case Study 2
 Impact of Case Studies 1 and 2
 Overall impact on Country’s economy

 Measures taken by Country

 Significant Features of Stimulus Packages

 Vaccine

 References
 What is Coronavirus?
– Coronavirus belongs to the virus family -Coronaviridae

– Coronaviridae consists of single stranded RNA (ribonucleic

acid) viruses.

– Usually affects Mammals & Birds

Introduction
To – Sometimes, it can mutate and infect humans

Coronavirus
Why is it named as Coronavirus?
– Has crown-like appearance under an electron microscope
due to the presence of spikes on their surface.

– In Latin, corona means crown

– Hence, the name corona-virus

 Name of the Corona Virus Identified Year
B814 1965
OC43 1967
SARS 2002-2003
NL63 2004
HKU1 2005
History of MERS 2012-2013
Coronaviruses
Covid-19 2019-2020

B814 OC43 SARS NL63

HKU1 MERS COVID-19

 Virus Name SARS-CoV
SARS Number of Deaths 33 of 774 
Total People Infected 238 of 8,098

Main 3
Virus Name MERS-CoV
Pandemic MERS
Number of Deaths 0 of 858
Coronaviruses
Total People Infected 0 of 2494

Virus Name SARS-CoV-2

Covid-19 Number of Deaths 20 of 275k
Total People Infected 22,460 of 3.96M

*As of 9/5/2020
 • Restricted Travelling
• Reduced Gatherings and events
• Work from Home
Socially • Disrupted Lifestyle

• People are anxious they may get infected

Impacts of • Not enough hospitals to serve Covid patients
• Not enough doctors to treat patients
Coronavirus • No approved vaccine invented yet
Health-Wise
• Mentally Stressed out

• Travel Bans & Partial Lockdowns

• Temporary closure of companies
• GDP impact due to revenue losses
Economically • Leading to Retrenchment
Sector wise
impact
 Travel Ban

Consumer
Accommodation Hospitality Industry
Entertainment

Transport and Food & Beverages

Aviation
Economic
Case Study- 1 Tourism

 The increase in global Covid-19 cases has led to the government

introducing a travel ban since late February.

 No Travelers leads to an impact on all sectors which are

dependent on Hospitality Industries.
 Circuit Breakers &
Partial Lockdown

Construction, Engineering & Manufacturing

Industry

Wholesalers
Economic
Case Study- 2
Trading Sectors

 The rise of local Covid-19 transmissions has led to the government

implementing the “Circuit-Breaker” (Partial Lockdown).

 This causes a temporary halt at Construction, Engineering &

Manufacturing Industry.

 This leads to an impact to all sectors which are dependent on the

Construction, Engineering & Manufacturing Industry.
 Circuit Breakers, Partial Lockdown &
Travel Ban

Construction Hospitality

Engineering Manufacturing

Impact of
Case Studies Financial & Banking Industry
1&2

 Revenues for companies are declined or equal to zero due to circuit

breaker and partial lockdown measurements.

 Companies could not able to repay the loans taken from Banks.

 This leads to impact on the Financial & Banking Industry.

  All sectors from different industries are impacted either partially
or fully.
 Impacts on companies' revenues leads to their employee’s
pay-cuts & possible retrenchments/firing.
 Impacts on companies' revenues and people’s income also
Overall Impact
reduces their repayment power which leads to increase of
on Country’s
Non-performing Loans at Banks & Financial companies.
Economy
 The reduce on incomes decreases the purchasing power.
 The cascading effects from different sectors impacts the
Countries’ economy and GDP.

The Singapore dollar value decreased around 7% between Jan’20 to

May’20.
 S$ 6.4 Billions
- Released First Stimulation package in February
for 6.4 Billion
1 - Support Health care sector, businesses, workers,
Unity Budget
First Stimulus Package families and front-line agencies

Stimulus S$ 48.4 Billions - Released Second Stimulation package in March

Packages for 48.4 Billion
2 - Helps in mitigating the Economy Impact by
announced providing Financial support for businesses,
Resilience Budget
Second Stimulus Package workers, families.

S$ 5.1 Billions
– Released Third Stimulation package in April
for 5.1 Billion
3 – To support the Health care sector, businesses,
workers, families and front-line agencies
Solidarity Budget
Third Stimulus Package
 Support for businesses
• Rental Waivers for Hawker Centers under NEA control
• Postponement Income Tax for Businesses
• Up to 100% Property Tax rebates for commercial properties
• Co-funding of Wages in companies for up to 70% only for
SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises)
Significant
Features of Advices to companies on Alternatives to Retrenchment
Stimulus
• Temporary No-Pay-Leaves
Package
• Lesser Working Days
• Provide training in different areas instead release from jobs.

Support for Singapore Citizens and PR’s

• Govt provided the Financial support for citizens and PR’s
• Providing Training to those who lost their jobs and help to find
new jobs in any other sectors
 • As of now, many hospitals are using existing antiviral drugs and
antibiotics to treat Covid infected patients.

• Several companies are working on antiviral drugs, to treat people

who already have COVID-19, while others are working on
vaccines that could be used as a preventive measure against the
disease.
Vaccines
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