As manufacturing and trade is disrupted by physical distancing rules and quarantine orders across the world, the resilience of supply chains for pharmaceutical and medical supplies, food and industrial and consumer products is in focus.

Deploying blockchain technology could be the answer, according to the World Economic Forum.

Co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are joined by Nadia Hewett, blockchain and digital currency project lead at the World Economic Forum to talk about the new toolkit the organisation rolled out on Tuesday.

In this episode:

Blockchain technology and Covid-19 (0m 38s)

Nadia Hewett on the blockchain 'toolkit' (1m 24s)

Headlines (18m 11s)

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