Risk Assessment Report – 22 april 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 22 april 2020
Rapid Risk Assessment
April 22, 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 22 april 2020
Time Period Covered April 22, 2020 - April 22, 2020
- World Health Organization (WHO) recently published an updated strategy to help guide the public health response to COVID-19. Please check this link for more details https://www.who.int/publications-detail/covid-19-strategyupdate---14-april-2020
- According to WHO, over 100 countries have joined (as of April 21) the Solidarity Trial to evaluate therapeutics for COVID-19. "Solidarity” is an international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for COVID-19, launched by the World Health Organization and partners. The Solidarity Trial will compare four treatment options against standard of care, to assess their relative effectiveness against COVID-19. By enrolling patients in multiple countries, the Solidarity Trial aims to rapidly discover whether any of the drugs slow disease progression or improve survival.
- Indonesia government will begin its ban on the Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) on April 24 to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
- Singapore’s Prime Minister extended the partial lockdown until June 1 to curb the sharp rise of COVID-19 in the city-state. The measures, which include the closures of most workplaces and schools and called as "circuit breaker" by authorities, were initially set to run until May 4. The Prime Minister stated that the extended lockdown period would help bring community cases down decisively and make sure infections in migrant dormitories do not spread into the wider community
- Indonesia received a shipment of 50,000 reagents from South Korea on April 20 to boost the number of PCR testing for COVID-19 in the country
Risk Assessment Report – 22 april 2020