Minimum Public Health Interventions for Post COVID-19 Lockdown: Lives and Livelihoods Read more about Minimum Public Health Interventions for Post COVID-19 Lockdown: Lives and Livelihoods The fourth Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Minimum public health interventions for post COVID-19 lockdown: Lives and Livelihoods” featured global good practice examples of effective public health interventions to kick-start opening up of economies.
Travel & Tourism, Southeast Asia and COVID-19 Read more about Travel & Tourism, Southeast Asia and COVID-19 Presentation on global good-practice examples of effective tourism crisis recovery policies using a phased approach for managing and mitigating the crisis; and building back more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient tourism.
Tiffany Misrahi Keywords COVID-19 response tourism Read more about Tiffany Misrahi Ms. Tiffany Misrahi is the Vice-President of Policy at World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) where she is responsible for shaping the Travel & Tourism sector’s policy agenda. She joined WTTC in September 2018.
COVID-19: A Summary of New Zealand Policy Response So Far Read more about COVID-19: A Summary of New Zealand Policy Response So Far Presentation on the experience and lessons of New Zealand in COVID-19 response and recovery.
Mario Di Maio Keywords COVID-19 response Read more about Mario Di Maio Mr. Mario Di Maio is a national of New Zealand. He is current serving as Principal Advisor, COVID-19 Response Policy and Strategy at the New Zealand Treasury (Te Tai Ohanga). Mr. Di Maio has extensive policy experience in his role as Principal Advisor in the New Zealand Treasury. His roles have included international economic issues, economic reform and strategy, macroeconomic policy, housing policy, industry and regional development policy, and science and technology policy.
Mark Blackmore Keywords COVID-19 response Read more about Mark Blackmore Mr. Mark Blackmore is currently the Senior Treasury* Representative for Singapore, India and South East Asia. This is a new role based at the New Zealand High Commission in Singapore. From 2015 to 2017 Mark was seconded to the Policy Advisory Group in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), where he provided policy advice directly to the Prime Minister on the Economic and Finance, Revenue, Commerce and Defence portfolios.
COVID-19 Response and Recovery: Experience and Lessons of New Zealand Read more about COVID-19 Response and Recovery: Experience and Lessons of New Zealand The second Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “COVID-19 Response and Recovery: Experience and Lessons of New Zealand" featured New Zealand’s design and implementation of its multi-faceted COVID-19 response and recovery policies.
Strategies to Respond to COVID-19 in the Republic of South Korea Read more about Strategies to Respond to COVID-19 in the Republic of South Korea The approach taken by the Republic of Korea to the COVID-19 outbreak has been characterized as “trace, test, and treat” policy. Intensive contact tracing methods have been developed during the MERS outbreak in 2015. Contacts with a COVID-19 case are quarantined and tested for diagnosis. High availability of testing is essential for focused quarantine. Timely quarantine reduces the number of patients to treat, keeping the outbreak under control. In addition, asymptomatic transmission necessitates sufficient levels of social distancing.