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Despite this resurgence of Covid-19, consumers are responding differently, including actively choosing companies that are taking positive actions towards minimising the impact on the environment. However, all initiatives came to a screeching halt as the Covid19 virus spread at a rapid pace and companies and consumers alike were concerned with their safety. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a case study of a how a pharmacy team introduced an electronic method of ordering controlled drugs to ward areas during COVID-19, thereby reducing the need for controlled drug stationery and providing a safer, more efficient, process. It reported that the traditional method of wards ordering controlled drugs is a labour-intensive and paper-heavy process.

Some of the most enduring images of the COVID-19 pandemic are of weary nurses and fellow healthcare staff with red marks and bruises on their faces after wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) during long shifts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota rolled out its residential curbside organics collection program in 2015-2016. Topics include considered that accepted feedstock's include all food scraps, food-soiled paper, BPI-certified compostable foodservice items and liner bags, and pizza boxes.

The article offers information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. commodity and diversified chemical producers. Topics discussed include decrease in revenues, sales & demands due to COVID-19 lockdowns; views of Jim Fitterling, chief executive officer of the Dow Chemical company, on issue; and significant volume declines from COVID-19, with trough conditions in April, 2020 in applications supporting automotive, tires, graphical paper and textiles.

The author expresses disappointment over a paper published in the British medical journal "Lancet" which reported that hydroxychloroquine both was ineffective at treating the coronavirus and caused cardiac implications. He details some of the recent reports which investigated the use of some drugs in treating COVID-19 pandemic, such as dexamethasone and remdesivir. He also explains why ophthalmologists are very familiar with hydroxycholorquine.

The article focuses on several measures taken by employers in Switzerland to contain the spread of the Covid-19 such as distributing flyers with rules of conduct for employees such as washing hands thoroughly, coughing and sneezing into a paper tissue or the crook of arm, and using disinfectant. It also mentions that an employer is obliged to continue paying salaries as a result of the business risk to be attributed to the employer.

This section offers news briefs in the information sector as of March 2020. Topics discussed include the Future of Privacy Forum's (FPF) release of a white paper about privacy risks and technologies for enhancing privacy, information analytics company Elsevier's launch of the Novel Coronavirus Information Center which offers information on clinical research about the 2019 corona virus disease (Covid-19), and endowment received by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.

The article features British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks and offers information on the start of her music career, her debut single "Cola," and her dream of being an actor and film director.