Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 36 (27th November 2020)
From one of the world’s oldest general medical journals – the prospect of vaccines avoiding the harm and misery of extended restrictions is a cause for optimism, but we are far from ending COVID-19 as a public health issue. The vaccine trials’ results were announced via press releases, leaving many scientific uncertainties that will dictate how the vaccines will affect the course of the pandemic. Peer-reviewed publication should resolve these issues, but other questions will not be answerable for some time.
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Friday Reading Edition 36 (27th November 2020)
As COVID-19 vaccine candidates approach regulatory approval in the coming months, this article looks at the challenges facing the global distribution of any vaccine and what these mean for achieving widespread immunity.
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Friday Reading Edition 36 (27th November 2020)
Given the bleak economic outlook for the year ahead, boards should be ensuring they have a robust risk management, governance and internal control framework in place. This should be underpinned by harnessing the skills, talents and resources of internal audit functions to provide independent assurance that risks are being managed and mitigated effectively.
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