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Mayor Ricardo Rio of Braga shares video message on new approaches during pandemic of Covid-19
Mayor Ricardo Rio of Braga shares a video message for all mayors and city networks to share experiences and best practises on the initiatives that at local level Braga is developing towards the [...]
Mayor Hubert Bruls of Nijmegen “Counting on all of you”
"I count on all of you" said Mayor Bruls. Mayor Hubert Bruls speaks to the people of the city Nijmegen on the challenging en demanding situation in times of the corona crisis. Everyone [...]
Mayor Marvin Rees of Bristol gives daily video updates
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Mayor Steve Benjamin of Columbia
Columbia City Council has declared an emergency order enacting a Stay Home Stay Safe order, which will become effective on Sunday, March 29 at 12:01 a.m. Ordinance 2020-034 was discussed [...]
Open letter GPM Chair Mayor Kurz on Corona Crisis
23 March 2020 - "For the first time we are facing a pandemic sparked by the Sars-CoV-2 virus. Together we must find a way to safeguard especially our vulnerable citizens and the health system that [...]
Working to ensure pandemic preparedness in our cities
Urban Pandemic Preparedness Working to ensure pandemic preparedness in our cities The total number of infectious disease outbreaks and diversity of pathogens have increased over the past few decades Urbanization directly contributes to the risk of [...]
How cities around the world are handling COVID-19 – and why we need to measure their preparedness
An empty Plaza de Catalunya in Barcelona during a partial lockdown of the city as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat coronavirus Image: REUTERS/Nacho Doce 17 Mar 2020 Robert MuggahPrincipal, SecDev Group [...]
Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami
Miami, Fla., Mayor Francis Suarez has tested positive for coronavirus. The mayor is keeping a video diary and posting it to social media to reduce anxiety and fears people are having over COVID-19. [...]