Presentation Day
(F) Day of the week: Friday Class: IS206 Created Time: May 15, 2020 2:02 PM Database: Class Notes Database Date: May 15, 2020 2:02 PM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: June 9, 2021 10:39 AM Type: Presentation Notes
Cooperating with WHO
Small number of cases
Most Impacted: Food & Drink, Retail, Real Estate, Travel, Migrant Jobs
Active Cases
Peaked in Mid-February, then decreased
Impacts
Increased 1% Unemployment rate
I. Health
- Developing medical testing kits
- Closed the market
- Social Distancing policy, Quarantine, and ban mass gathering. Closing of institutions & Travel Restrictions
- Gov’t Subsidy for farmers, encourage citizen’s gardens (long term plan for food hoarding)
II. Fiscal Policy
- Private sector 5% tax reduction
- For private sectors to remain open
- Financing guarantee services
- Financial support to industries that most hit by epidemic
Group 2: Japan
Cases since January
Lockdown twice
Increasing cases needed the 2nd lockdown
State of emergency
Economy
Small and medium companies are bankrupt
Activity
The Tokyo Olympic games
contribute 1.4% GDP cancelled
Health Care Policy
health also means contribute to economic activity,
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Protecting medical staffs
First Responders to treat patients
Supply of PPE, safety gear to use, prioritize delivery
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Maintain facemasks
- Prevent hoarding
- stockpile: wait for price to go down
- manage price of PPE
Capital Investment
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Stabilize the Financial Market
not let stock price fall
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Reduce Fear
- Workers losing jobs
- Make sure banks are capable in loaning businesses
Group 3: United States
1.4 million cases
Economic Activity: disrupted, affected food supply, travel, trade, tourism, financial market, unemployment, GDP decrease
II. The Current Situation
Undermined Healthcare system
Trump underestimated
Impact economy
The highest death toll
1. Impacts
reduction of jobs 12-14%
Heavy impact on tourism and travel
Bankruptcy of Airlines
Worker salary cut
What made the situation worse?
Previous Administration
Obama: dealt with diseases and failed to replenish equipment of PPE
Trump: fired top officer in charge of HNS.
No senior experts to guide way except Fuchi
III. Health Policies
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Preventive Measures
- Ensure safe environment by free testing & expanding testing kits
- Companies and households encourage hygene activities
- E-Working equipment & workplace
- Maintain food supply
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The Combative Measures
Step by step combating
a. Cooperation
work together between government and people
Group 4: Cambodia
Cases: 122
Cured: 121
Untrustworthy data, not enough testing
economic forecast sees Cambodia’s economy contraction
I. Health Care System
20,000 Doctors
500-600 COVID-19 Doctors
Infrastructure: >14,000 public hospitals
90% Drugs imported
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Foster Public Private Partnership Cooperation for medical manufacturing
Remove Unnecessary tax, to encourage local production of medicine
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Create Stockpile of Medical Supplies, bank to reserve for another pandemic