Daily Archives: 5 February, 2024

WHO CARES? COVID-19 DIVIDES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Myanmar)

Myanmar weathered the early storms of the COVID-19 pandemic with prompt introduction of containment measures in spite of its scarce resources. Prevention measures were applied also during the holding of General Elections on  January 18, 2021

WHO CARES? COVID-19 DIVIDES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Philippines)

The Philippines was hit early and hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, ranking along with Indonesia as the countries with the highest prevalence and fatality rates in the region for most of the pandemic. 

WHO CARES? COVID-19 DIVIDES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Singapore)

One of the richest countries in the world, Singapore gained the reputation of being the “Best Place to be during COVID-19” as an exemplar of administrative efficiency, invested resources and decisiveness.

WHO CARES? COVID-19 DIVIDES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Malaysia)

In Malaysia, the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the country’s extreme economic downturn coincided with a national political crisis associated with the collapse of the short-lived Mahathir-Anwar led Pakatan Harapan in late February 2020, followed by the Muhyiddin Yassin-government

WHO CARES? COVID-19 DIVIDES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Indonesia)

Since the delayed official recognition of the arrival of COVID-19 on March 2, 2020, the pandemic battered Indonesia’s population in successive waves of growing intensity, making it the country in Southeast Asia with the highest number of infections and deaths for most of the subsequent two years