Brief economic corona news from October 29
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – October 29, 2020
- The RIVM reports 10,280 infections for Thursday. That is, partly due to a correction after a computer failure, 2162 more than Wednesday. With a total of 269 new corona patients, the number of hospital admissions has decreased by 44 compared to Wednesday.
- After the announced lockdowns in France and Germany, the call for a lockdown in Belgium is becoming louder, reports the VRTThere are now more patients in hospital than in the first corona wave.
- The US healthcare system is under threat from attacks using the Trickbot and Ryuk malware, according to the FBI reportsAt least five hospitals were unable to access their data last week because the malware encrypted data.
- Shell lists in the third quarter another profit. This amounted to 416 million euros. Shell will also increase the dividend. In the second quarter, the oil and gas giant recorded a loss of almost 17 billion euros. Shell also announced that it will divest eight of its fourteen refineries, as well as a number of chemical plants, writes de Volkskrant.
- Producer confidence has fallen further from -4.8 in September to -5.6 in October, reports CBSFurthermore, announced that a total of 46 companies were declared bankrupt in week 43, the same number as in week 42.
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