A new day and the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019nCoV) continues to spread. As of 8 a.m. PT, Jan. 27, 2020, there are more than 2,804 cases and 80 deaths. The disease has spread to 10 countries and there is no end in sight. Here is an urgent checklist of things to do today regarding this illness: If you haven’t activated your incident assessment team to assess risk to your organization – DO IT! You need to be assessing impact now! I would recommend a partial activation of your crisis management team for companies with a global presence which includes daily…
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