Risk Assessment Report – 29 june 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 29 june 2020
Rapid Risk Assessment
June 29, 2020
Risk Assessment Report – 29 june 2020
Time Period Covered June 29, 2020 - June 29, 2020
- Worldwide, there have been more than 10 million cases reported as of today, and over a half million deaths attributed to COVID-19.
- World Health Organization (WHO) has published interim guidance on rapid hospital readiness and an accompanying checklist tool, which can be used to monitor the development of operational readiness capacity in hospitals and identify gaps that require investment and action. The checklist covers hospital governance, structures, plans and protocols to rapidly determine the current capacities of hospitals to respond to COVID-19. WHO has published interim guidance on biomedical equipment for COVID-19 case management and an accompanying inventory tool, which countries can use to collect in-depth facility inventories of biomedical equipment re-allocation, procurement and planning for COVID-19 case management. The tool is intended for use from the early stages of an emergency to early recovery (WHO Situation Report 159).
- Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announce on June 28 that it will delay school openings and high school graduation examinations until the end of the year to prevent a second wave of COVID-19. The minister however said that although the government moves to offer digital learning services, about half of Cambodia’s 3 million students still cannot fully access online lessons. He said that the government’s stance is to maintain vigilance as it doesn’t want the pandemic to spread again in Cambodia.
- Indonesia government has claimed an increase in the number of regions that are COVID-19 free and categorized as low-risk zones, however, epidemic risk mapping shows that 57 cities and regencies are still classified as red zones, or areas with high rates of transmission. The data showed East Java had recorded the highest number of red zones with 13 cities and regencies followed by South Kalimantan with 11. As of June 26, East Java has surpassed Jakarta, the first epicenter of COVID-19 transmission, with 10,901 confirmed cases compared to 10,796 in the nation's capital. Additionally, 157 cities and regencies were categorized as orange zones with a medium risk of infection, while 188 were classified as yellow zones or low-risk areas. The remaining 112 were either completely free of the disease or have not recorded any new cases in four weeks, with a 100 percent recovery rate of patients. As of June 28, the total number of cases in the country is 54,010.
- Myanmar is imposing a 15-day extension of its virus measures and directives until July 15 to prevent the spread of the pandemic from inbound travellers and within the country, according to a statement released on Saturday (June 27) by the Central Committee on COVID-19 Control. The nightly 12am to 4am curfew remains in place, along with the ban of gatherings of more than five people. Exceptions are made for funerals and work-related matters.
- China imposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people in a province surrounding the capital to contain a fresh coronavirus cluster on Sunday (June 28), as authorities warned the outbreak was still "severe and complicated." Health officials said Sunday that Anxin county -- about 150 kilometers (90 miles) from Beijing -- will be "fully enclosed and controlled", the same strict measures imposed at the height of the pandemic in the city of Wuhan earlier this year. The move comes after another 14 cases of the virus were reported in the past 24 hours in Beijing, taking the total to 311 since mid-June and spurring the testing of millions of residents.
Risk Assessment Report – 29 june 2020