covid-19: impact on business travel and
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COVID-19: Impact on Business Travel and Global Mobility
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Agenda
• Latest stats and news• What to focus on• Practical Information and
Prevention
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Speakers
DR LOW KIANG WEIMedical Director
ADITYA LUTHRASecurity Director, Asia Pacific
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Latest UpdatesGlobal
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Latest UpdatesGlobal
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Latest Updates - Global
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Latest Updates
China South Korea
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Latest Updates
Australia Thailand
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Latest Updates
India Indonesia
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Latest Updates
COVID-19 vs Sars and the rest
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Latest Updates
COVID-19 vs Sars and the rest
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Special Focus: Risk Stratification
• Travel generally not recommended• “Relative risk”
• Case numbers (both cumulative and new cases), Recovery• Healthcare capacity, Mortality• Government Quarantine and Isolation procedures,
Border Control
• Personal needs• Travel itinerary
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Highest risk
PhilippinesUSA
Singapore
Thailand
China
Hong Kong
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Special Focus: Border Control
• Most countries have shut their borders to all short term visitors• (certain caveats may apply)
o Malaysia 16 Maro India 18 Maro Aus/NZ/Cambodia/Myanmar/Indonesia 19 Maro Singapore 23 Mar
• Subset of countries have list of countries that are “banned”
• Those that haven’t generally require 14 day quarantine/isolation• Varies from home/hotel/quarantine facilities
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Special Focus: COVID-19 Testing
• Some countries have capabilities for COVID-19 testing in the private sector(Malaysia, Thailand, HKG…. )
• Physician evaluation still required
• Most countries regulate COVID-19 testing tightly and one must fulfil suspect criteria
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Special Focus: Access to care for non-locals
• Generally care and risk triaging is according to medical condition and not nationality/race
• No trend of withholding of treatment or conservation of resources seen
• For non-COVID-19 case, non-locals may only be able to access private facilities
• Limitations to access to care is due to COVID-19 situation and not National vs Non-nationals situation
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Practical Tips (Individual)
• Access to verifiable source of informationo John Hopkins CSSE, WHO, CDC, DXY, International SOS,
International medical consultants, medical journals
• Social Distancing
• Hygiene
• Mental Health
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Practical Tips (Corporate)
• Access to verifiable source of informationo John Hopkins CSSE, WHO, CDC, DXY,
International SOS, International medical consultants, medical journals
• Business Continuity Planningo Planning and organizationo Incident managemento Health interventionso Personnel restriction
• Risk modeling/predictive analytics
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Travel Restrictions
• Range of international travel restrictions by many countries. Includes:
• Bans based on the place of issuance of the passport or visa
• Origin of the trip
• Travel history
• Suspended travel routes by major carriers
Travel for only essential purposes. Understand that you may be stuck
Likely to be quarantined upon entry if allowed.
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Domestic restrictions to mobility
• Evolve more rapidly than international restrictions depending on local conditions.
• Anticipate waves of restrictions
• Factors for nature and duration of internal restrictions:
• Case volume
• Administrative structure of local governments
• Legal framework
• Cultural norms associated with compliance, discomfort or mistrust in government-imposed restrictions
• Sensitivity to economic or political fallout from such restrictions
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APAC Hotspots
India:
• Xenophobia
• Likelihood of social related unrest
Indonesia:
• Likelihood of social unrest
Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand
• Rise in crime and looting
• Likely to be sporadic and highly localised
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Best Practices• Defer non-essential international travel
• Evaluate whether your staff and dependents should remain in-country
• Location specific risk assessment:
• ‘Higher risk locations’: keep international assignees to ‘essential staff only’
• Ensure access to information and clear indicators of deteriorating security environment
• Need for more robust ‘stand-fast’ protocols:
• Access to essential supplies
• Robust ‘local movement’ mechanism
• Secure accommodation
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