Risk Assessment Report – 22 May 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 22 May 2020
Rapid Risk Assessment
May 22, 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 22 May 2020
Time Period Covered May 22, 2020 - May 22, 2020
- World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new Case Report Form for “Suspected cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) in children and adolescents temporally related to COVID-19” intended for use by public health professionals for collecting standardized data on clinical presentations, severity and outcomes.
- Cambodia’s ministry to Minister of Culture and Fine Arts decided to reopen more than 30 museums across the country for national and international visitors starting June. The health ministry advised the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts that before reopening museums, they had to set up protective measures to avoid the risk of people transmitting COVID-19.
- West Java’s (Indonesia) governor announced that the province’s large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) will continue “proportionately” until May 29 with some cities and regencies with lower risk of COVID-19 transmission are allowed for more movement and economic activity. According to the governor, evaluation of the province’s 27 cities and regencies was based on eight parameters laid out by the World Health Organization, which include the rate of new suspected COVID-19 cases, the recovery rate, the fatality rate, the case reproduction rate, the transmission rate, the movement rate and geographical risk.
- On May 21, the Philippines and Japan agreed to step up mutual support during the ongoing pandemic and to foster with regional partners a unified approach to the post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ‘new normal’. In a telephone conversation, Philippines’ Foreign Affairs Secretary and Japanese Foreign Minister discussed several diplomatic initiatives regarding the COVID-19 crisis, such as understanding its origin and nature, finding a cure, and adopting protocols to address its certain recurrence in a timely and therefore immediately effective fashion. Japan’s Foreign Minister assured of Japan’s readiness to assist both the Philippines and the larger ASEAN region in recovering from impacts of COVID-19 and building public health and economic resilience against future such emergencies.
- Brunei reported no new COVID-19 case/s for 15 consecutive days since May 7.
- Cambodia reported no new COVID-19 case/s for 40 consecutive days since April 12.
- Laos reported no new COVID-19 case/s for 40 consecutive days since April 12.
- Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 case/s for 4 consecutive days since May 18.
- According to the Indonesia’s National COVID-19 Task Force head in May 21, Indonesia is entering a critical period in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The critical period came the week before and after Idul Fitri, the most important holiday for Indonesian Muslims, when social distancing policy was tested. Ramadan exodus was banned this year to contain the spread of the disease, but COVID-19 Task Force said that some people had managed to leave and very likely would come back mostly in Jakarta after Idul Fitri. Health officials especially in Jakarta will be on alert during the next two weeks to anticipate people movement into the capital after Idul Fitri. Jakarta authorities also decided to extend the large-scale social restriction until June 4. Indonesia has now more than 20000 cases with 973 new cases as of May 21.
- Wuhan health authorities stated that Wuhan has accelerated its campaign to conduct nucleic acid tests on all the city’s residents, with half of them already tested for COVID-19. The city conducted 467,847 nucleic acid tests on May 18, up from 335,887 on May 17 and 222,675 on May16. This campaign has started last May 14 to look for asymptomatic cases in the city. The mass testing effort, according to health authorities, would help uncover potential sources of infection and reduce the risks as the city further resumed work, production and schooling.
- Japan is planning to lift a state of emergency for three more prefectures as the number of new coronavirus cases falls. On May 21, Economy Minister said that a group of experts have approved a plan to lift the emergency imposed for the western prefectures of Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo. Tokyo and four other prefectures, including the northern island of Hokkaido, will remain under the state of emergency
Risk Assessment Report – 22 May 2020