Part 1: Return to the Office Series - Predicting the Return to the Office

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13 Government of Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccination-coverage/

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14 This represents the proportion of the entire workforce, not just “office using” industries. Obviously, levels of work-from-home are quite low in many industries such as manufacturing, mining, construction and agriculture.

15 BBC News: “Toronto lockdown - one of the world’s longest?” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57079577

16 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/17/business/telework-fatigue-sees-japanese-workers-going-back-office/

17 https://www.mom.gov.sg/covid-19/requirements-for-safe-management-measures

18 https://www.propertycouncil.com.au/Web/Content/Media_Release/VIC/2021/Lockdown_sets_Melbourne_CBD_revitalisation_back_months. aspx

19 https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/06/25/mandatory-covid-vaccinations-are-they-coming-to-a-european-company-near-you

20 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/unvaccinated-people-face-more-covid-restrictions-in-future.html

21 https://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/press-releases/2021/sars-cov-2-delta-variant-now-dominant-in-much-of-european- region-efforts-must-be-reinforced-to-prevent-transmission,-warns-who-regional-office-for-europe-and-ecdc

22 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-hospital-admissions-covid

23 https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

24 https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/09/03/covid-vaccine-for-children-who-in-europe-is-leading-the-race

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