Recently, the COVID-19 epidemic data in India has reached a new high. As of noon on May 17, the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 24.96 million.
The epidemic crisis continues to spread. Southeast Asia and neighboring Asian countries are geographically close to each other. Affected by the explosive growth of the disease in India, the epidemic control and prevention situation is severe. Temporary policies such as evacuation of overseas Chinese and city closures have been adopted to cope with the possible spread of the mutated new coronavirus. enter.
One Australia: global evacuation of overseas Chinese, indefinite closure of national borders
To curb the introduction of the virus, the Australian authorities announced a ban on entry of all travelers from India, including Australian citizens, two weeks ago. Faced with strong domestic criticism of this measure, Australia announced on May 15 that it would resume evacuation operations from India.
The first flight back from India after the Morrison government imposed the ban two weeks ago landed in Darwin with far fewer passengers than the 150 people booked. According to Australian government sources, nearly half of the scheduled passengers were not allowed to board the flight and had to stay in India due to extremely strict pre-boarding testing regulations.
The Australian federal government will dispatch more than 100 rescue planes in the next year to fly to various parts of the world to pick up approximately 17,000 Australians stranded overseas. According to government estimates, there are currently 17,000 Australians stranded overseas in India. There are about 9,000 Australian citizens and permanent residents. Three evacuation flights will be arranged to take back the overseas Chinese before the end of May, but only about 900 people are eligible.
As for when to open the border, Morrison clearly gave the government’s latest attitude in an interview:
Australia has no plans to open up like other parts of the world for the time being. If the domestic epidemic breaks out due to the opening of borders, it will be extremely difficult to get rid of it again, which may cause irreparable harm to Australia.
Second Singapore: Implementing the “strictest” lockdown restrictions in history
The latest wave of the new crown epidemic is heating up , Singapore’s Ministry of Health officially announced on the 15th that it would raise the level of epidemic prevention and return to blockade mode.
The new measures are tentatively scheduled to be implemented from May 16 to June 13, which will take about a month. During this period, in principle, the public Everyone has changed to working from home, the limit on gatherings and household visitors has been reduced from the current limit of 5 people to 2 people, and stores serving food can only do takeout or delivery.
On May 16, the local Ministry of Education issued an announcement stating that due to confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in at least seven primary schools, Singapore’s primary schools will be suspended from May 16 Classes will be suspended until May 28.
In the past week, the number of new confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Singapore increased to 71. In the previous week, the number of confirmed cases was 48. What public health officials are most worried about is that the number of confirmed cases that cannot be linked has increased from 7 to 15. This is a sign that there is an invisible chain of transmission in the community. The authorities therefore decided to take decisive action, and Singapore once again entered lockdown mode to curb the spread of the virus.
Three Malaysia: movement control, nationwide lockdown
Previously, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin passed a proclamation Announced the resumption of the “movement control order” nationwide to curb the spread of the new coronavirus epidemic.
The announcement also announced the latest standard operating procedures, including prohibiting travel across states and counties, prohibiting dine-in activities, prohibiting group social activities, and prohibiting most sports or entertainment and leisure activities. Schools and other educational institutions are closed, the number of passengers per vehicle is limited, companies and other employers are required to arrange for employees to work from home, and other economic activities are allowed to continue on the premise of complying with epidemic prevention measures. During Eid al-Fitr, house visits, tomb sweeping, mosques and other prayers are prohibited. Prayer activities in venues are prohibited from exceeding the limited number of people, and Ramadan and Iftar markets are also prohibited from operating. The control measures being implemented in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan in East Malaysia will continue to be implemented.
According to data released by the Malaysian Ministry of Health, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Malaysia has exceeded 400,000, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 1,700.
The number of newly confirmed cases in Malaysia in a single day remains at a high level, and the load on the public health system has increased. As a country on the verge of the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia The geographical location is particularly important. This time Malaysia chooses to close the country, it will also affect the development of trade in the Malacca Strait. Oil from many Southeast Asian countries needs to pass through this route before being transported back to the country.
It is worth noting that Malaysia is known as the “Semiconductor Town” and is the world’s largest semiconductor packaging As one of the main centers for testing, Malaysia had already adopted a “lockdown” measure during the epidemic in March last year, which once triggered a global semiconductor shortage and price increase.
Currently, Malaysia is once again under lockdown, and southern India is also under large-scale lockdown. This is adding insult to injury to the global chip market. There may be a new wave of shortages and price increases, and the global electronics industry chain will also be affected. .
Four Vietnam: Suspension of entry of foreigners
According to a report from Vietnam’s Ministry of Health on Saturday, the country had 165 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 within 24 hours, the highest single-day record since the outbreak of the pandemic, and one new death.
According to Reuters, Vietnam has previously maintained a low infection rate, but since the end of April, new cases in the country have gradually increased, and the infection rate has risen steadily.
According to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, half of the new cases occurred in the Guangzhou Industrial Park in Bac Giang Province in the northeast.
Vietnam has 63 provinces, and the new wave of epidemic has spread to 26 of them so far.
Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, said: “In the face of the new coronavirus epidemic in the world, In order to ensure the safety of epidemic prevention and control under complex and unpredictable circumstances, Vietnam has adopted some measures, including suspending the entry of foreigners and only allowing foreign investors, technical experts, highly skilled workers and business managers to enter Vietnam to work. However, it is necessary to ensure that quarantine regulations and other hygiene requirements are observed.”</p
