Developments That Matter Keeping Economies Running Globally Since launching our Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Government Policies, we’ve tracked how countries around the world are working to curtail the spread of coronavirus and introduce economic support measures. Over the past week, we’ve seen a significant divergence in national containment and control measures. China is beginning to relax intensive restrictions on movement and economic activity, and some European countries, like the Czech Republic and Denmark, have announced plans to slowly lift national lockdowns. As they start to open up, each of these countries is working to define a “new normal” – and making tough decisions about which businesses to reopen and which will remain shuttered to prevent a second wave of infections.