Risk Assessment Report – 05 june 2020

World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General in his media briefing on June 3, stated that more than 100 000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported to WHO for each of the past 5 days. The Americas continues to account for the most cases. For several weeks, the number of cases reported each day in the Americas has been more than the rest of the world put together. We are especially worried about Central and South America, where many countries are witnessing accelerating epidemics. WHO also saw an increasing numbers of cases in the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and Africa, although the numbers are much smaller. Meanwhile, the number of cases in Europe continues to decline. • Brunei’s Ministry of Health announced on June 4 some additional social distancing measures for COVID-19 to be implemented effective today (June 5). The new measure will now apply to tuition schools and music schools, whereby only one-on-one classes are allowed at this time. Managers of the aforementioned premises are required to obtain a specific BruHealth QR Code for their premises and shall be shown at the entrance area of the premise for customers to scan prior to entry and upon leaving the premise; conduct body temperature checks on all customers at the entrance and ensure the customers obey the guidelines on social distancing; and advice anyone who have signs of infection and those of high risk to not come to the premises. • Indonesia’s President has increased the COVID-19 testing target to 20,000 samples per day as new cases mount in several regions in the country. According to a report published by the national COVID-19 task force on June 3, the total number of tests has reached 11,970 per day. The President also urged the national COVID-19 task force, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police to focus on mitigating the spread of the virus in the country’s three hardest-hit regions: East Java, South Sulawesi and South Kalimantan. On another note, the governor of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, said on Thursday (June 4) that movement restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus would be extended in Jakarta, but June would be a transition period with some rules conditionally eased. Starting today (June 5), public transport networks would resume normal operations and the houses of worship will reopen, both with new social restrictions in place. Meanwhile, Surabaya in East Java has been designated a “black zone” as the region as cases are increasing, making it the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the province.