By Chen Chen Lee and Gan Meixi For The Business Times As governments around the world reel from the impact of the coronavirus, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a bleak outlook for Asian economies: zero growth for 2020 - a first for the region in 60...
Some countries in ASEAN have begun to ease the movement restrictions they implemented in previous weeks to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore, for example, is slowly adjusting measures under its Circuit Breaker to lead up to the resumption of social and economic activities, while the...
Over the past week, confirmed cases of COVID-19 continued to rise across ASEAN. However, certain countries have announced that they would be allowing the resumption of certain social and economic activities, confident that their movement restrictions have sufficiently slowed the spread of the virus. Here’s...
Kick-starting the world’s economy after COVID-19 would not be easy, especially when tensions between the US and China still run high. For the economy to recover, Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs is of the view that global cooperation with both...
COVID-19 Updates Country No. of Confirmed Cases (End 29 Apr) No. of New Cases Since 1 Apr No. of Deaths Testing Rate Per Million Pop (Est) Singapore 15,641 +12,389 | (3,252) 14 24,600 Indonesia 9,771 +4,932 | (4,839) 784 318 Philippines 8,212 +2,989 | (5,223) 558 903 Malaysia 5,945 +958 | (4,987) 100 4,953 Thailand 2,947 +334 | (2,613) 54 2,551 Vietnam 270 +4 | (266) 0 2,188 Myanmar 150 +87 | (63) 6 142 Brunei 138 +2 | (136) 1 30,694 Cambodia 122 +13 | (109) 0 712 Laos 19 +0 | (19) 0 263 Singapore: Circuit Breaker Extension and...
The SIIA held an online seminar on 23 April 2020 with Professor Tikki Pangestu, Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Mr Manu Bhaskaran, Director and CEO of Centennial Asia Advisors and SIIA Council Member to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak...
In ASEAN, varying rates of new infections have led countries to take different policy directions. Vietnam, having crested this wave of the outbreak, relaxed its social distancing policies on Thursday, 23 April 2020. Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, however, expanded existing measures meant to contain the...
In the three months since the first COVID-19 cases were reported in ASEAN, governments have implemented many policies to “flatten the curve” of new infections. These efforts have been of varying effectiveness, and some countries have emerged as success stories. Yet, governments should remain vigilant...
COVID-19 Updates Country No. of Confirmed Cases (End 14 Apr) No. of New Cases Since 1 Apr No. of Deaths Testing Rate Per Million Pop (Est) Philippines 5,223 +2,912 | (2,311) 335 397 Malaysia 4,987 +2,079 | (2,908) 82 2,620 Indonesia 4,839 +3,162 | (1,677) 426 116 Singapore 3,252 +2,252 | (1,000) 10 12,423 Thailand 2,613 +902 | (1,711) 41 1,440 Vietnam 266 +44 | (222) 0 1,252 Brunei 136 +5 | (131) 1 23,658 Cambodia 122 +14 | (109) 0 345 Myanmar 63 +47 | (16) 4 45 Laos 19 +9 | (10) 0 170 Singapore: The Circuit Breaker and...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced on 21 April that Indonesians would be banned from going on the Idul Fitri mudik, or exodus, that is scheduled to take place over the coming weeks. Previously, the President had banned civil servants from going on these journeys on...