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From the Introduction: The first global pandemic in over 100 years, COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] spread across the world at an unprecedented speed [ ] As countries seek to recover, some of the more lasting economic, environmental, societal and technological challenges and opportunities are only beginning to become visible While societies, governments and businesses collectively grapple with these possibilities, it is vital to anticipate the emerging risks generated by the repercussions from the pandemic 'The COVID-19 Risks Outlook' seeks to provide a preliminary picture of which familiar risks may be amplified by the crisis and which new ones may emerge, recognizing that key issues remain to be analysed - health and geopolitics among them This report is an initial mapping that will be supplemented by further work including the World Economic Forum's annual 'Global Risks Report 'COVID-19 (Disease);World health;Risk assessment