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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