Introduction and background, introduce the topic, stating the purpose and relevant background to the topic, provide clear and engaging introduction that sets the context for the discussion and outlines the key components of the assignment, captures the reader's attention and establishes the importance of the assignment. in therms of this assignment, You have been asked to produce a data visualisation that demonstrates the effect of the government$$s COVID$-19$ containment policies.

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Your response should be sensitive to the context of the government's containment policies, which can be found hereLinks to an external site..

The visualisation should include

$($a$)$ a time series indicating the daily number of new COVID$-19$ cases $[5$ points$]$;

$($b$)$ a time series indicating the cumulative number of COVID$-19-$related deaths $[5$ points$]$;

$($c$)$ indications of when key policies were introduced $[5$ points$]$;

$($d$)$ a header and a sub$-$header $[5$ points$]$;

$($d$)$ additional annotations on the visualisation to $$tell the story$$ that the presentation is showing $[5$ points$]$; and

$($e$)$ in addition to the visualisation, a slide that provides a narrative of what the visualisation shows in the context of government's containment policies in response to the COVID$-19$ pandemic $[10$ points$].$

So your output for this assignment is two $($or a maximum of three$)$ Powerpoint slides:

Produce the times series in Excel.

$1.$ Paste the resulting plot into PowerPoint and add indications of when key policies were introduced, a header, a sub$-$header, and additional annotations.

$2.$ Add an additional slide $($or two as a maximum$)$ that positions your visualisation within the policy environment.