Risk Assessment Report – 11 march 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 11 march 2020
Rapid Risk Assessment
March 11, 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 11 march 2020
Time Period Covered March 11, 2020 - March 11, 2020
- WHO reiterates that measures that restrict the movement of people during COVID-19 outbreak should be proportionate to the public health risk, short in duration and reviewed regularly as more information about the virus, the disease epidemiology and clinical characteristics becomes available.
- WHO Director- General in his regular media briefing on March 9 stated that the threat of a pandemic has become very real; however, this would be the first pandemic in history that could be controlled. He also stated that in areas with community spread, testing every suspected case and tracing their contacts becomes more challenging. Action must be taken to prevent transmission at the community level to reduce the epidemic to manageable clusters.
- The ASEAN Health Sector continues to sustain its collective response against the spread of the disease in the ASEAN region and beyond. Cambodia, as the ASEAN Health Ministers’ and ASEAN Senior Officials for Health Development’s current Chair, will reconvene the senior health officials of ASEAN Member States (AMS) through a special video conference on March 13, 2020. This follow-up will further review and assess the enhanced cooperation in regional preparedness, response strategies and counter measures which have been activated since the sector received the initial report of pneumonia cases from China’s health counterparts earlier this year
Risk Assessment Report – 11 march 2020