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05/14/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 05/14/2021 17:39

Dentons Flashpoint - May 14, 2021

May 14, 2021

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Key Takeaways

CDC says vaccinated people can forgo masks in most indoor and outdoor settings. The US blocked a request by China, Norway and Tunisia for a Friday UN Security Council meeting on escalating violence in Gaza and Israel. The pandemic cost more than 60 million travel and tourism jobs a $4.5 trillion in lost income.

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

Ransomware Attack on US Pipeline Heightens Cybersecurity Expectations for Private Sector

The ransomware attack that shutdown the Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in America, is likely to cement a fundamental shift in the way the US government approaches cybersecurity for private sector players and local officials in control of critical national infrastructure and strategic assets.

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