Risk Assessment Report – 13 april 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 13 april 2020
Rapid Risk Assessment
April 13, 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 13 april 2020
Time Period Covered April 13, 2020 - April 13, 2020
- Top diplomats of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations linked up through a video meeting led by Vietnam last April 9. The move came following growing indications that the regional organization was looking to step up its response to COVID-19. The ministers endorsed several collective steps to fight the pandemic, including the establishment of a COVID-19 ASEAN response fund, the sharing of information, and strategies and ways to ease the impact of the global health crisis on people and the economy.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has sponsored a COVID-19 training session for over 30 Lao medical professionals from central and district hospitals in Vientiane Capital. On 11 April, WHO experts held a training session for 30 Vientiane medical professionals on how to properly manage and treat COVID19 patients. The professionals were also trained on how to utilize personal protective equipment (PPE). It is expected that the medical staff from Vientiane will pass on the knowledge to their counterparts in provincial hospitals around the country.
- Malaysia government has decided to further extend the movement control order (MCO) by another 14 days until Apr 28.
- Last April 12, Indonesia decided to extend the area of the large-scale social restrictions to West Java province which has the biggest population in the country as the number of the COVID-19) cases spikes. The large-scale restrictions will be applied on the provincial towns of Bekasi, Depok and Bogor that share borders with the country's capital of Jakarta which has imposed the restrictions since April 10. The restrictions will initiate this Wednesday (April 15
- Myanmar’s Health and Sports Ministry issued a release last April 11, stating that the quarantine period will be extended to 28 days which include 21-day facility quarantine and 7-day home quarantine.
Risk Assessment Report – 13 april 2020