Covid 19 pandemic

In an announcement released on Thursday evening on the loosening of social distancing, Danang authorities said the city had entered a new stage of Covid-19 prevention as the pandemic had been put under control from last week and transport services resumed from September 5. However, the city still warned local residents to only go out when necessary and wear face masks in public. Entertainment, karaoke joints, massage parlours, sports, bars, discos, public internet cafes, casinos, gyms, swimming pools and events with more than 30 people are still banned. To date, 308 out of 389 COVID-19 patients have been released from hospital and only 35 patients are in treatment at quarantine centres. The city has witnessed no SARS-CoV-2 infection cases in the community for 14 days as of Friday morning. … [Read more...] about Danang beaches crowded again as Covid-19 pandemic under control

Hanoi (VNA) – Fifty-three partners of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) have committed to working together to contain and prevent the spreading of COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement released on September 7, they recognised that combating the COVID-19 pandemic will require concerted international cooperation, effective actions by multilateral organisations, and support for multilateralism by ASEM partners, based on UN principles and values. The partners reaffirmedtheir commitment to working together and sharing experiences, best practices and information in a free, responsible, transparent and timely manner in order to decisively and effectively control the spread of the pandemic.  They supported the United Nations’ call for shared responsibility, global solidarity and strengthened multilateral cooperation in response to the multidimensional impacts of COVID-19, especially the importance of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in coordinating the health response to the … [Read more...] about ASEM partners vow to join hands in controlling COVID-19

Vo Thi Phuong Mai, deputy director and head of retail services, CBRE Viet Nam, said the pandemic had generally impacted direct visitor traffic but created opportunities for small and medium-sized models such as convenience stores and pharmacies and, especially, e-commerce. … [Read more...] about Retail businesses adapt to Covid-19, go online

The contents of the investigation include identifying information of the enterprises (name, address, telephone, fax, email, tax code, type of economy, main business line); the situation of production and business activities of enterprises; solutions of businesses to respond to the effects of COVID-19; evaluate the effectiveness of Government solutions to support businesses; and information on the competitiveness of businesses. … [Read more...] about GSO to implement 2nd survey of COVID-19 on businesses

As such, the report calls for urgent, large-scale and targeted policy responses to support youth, including broad-based employment/training guarantee programmes in developed countries, and employment-intensive programmes and guarantees in low and middle-income economies. How can we help the economy and workforce recover? The Monitor analyses measures being taken to create a safe return-to-work environment. It says that rigorous testing and tracing of COVID-19 infections, “is strongly related to lower labour market disruption… [and] substantially smaller social disruptions than confinement and lockdown measures.” In countries with strong testing and tracing, the average fall in working hours was reduced by as much as 50 percent. There are three reasons for this: testing and tracing reduces reliance on strict confinement measures; promotes the public confidence and so encourages consumption and supports employment, and helps minimise operational disruption at the … [Read more...] about ILO: COVID-19 causes loss of 305 million of jobs in the second quarter