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Otherwise, the total consumption of fast-moving consumer goods plummeted by 7.5 per cent in the first nine months of last year. Of this, the second quarter was the hardest for the entire sector due to the month-long social distancing, and also the three-month closure of non-essential services like bars and pubs, the main consumption channel of beer. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 and Decree 100 keep hampering the local beer sector from recovery

According to the ministry's report, the Vietnamese patient is a 28-year-old man who returned from the US to Danang International Airport on January 13. He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on January 17. The patient is now being treated at the Danang Lung Hospital. Earlier, three other people who boarded the same flight with him had also been infected with the virus. The 59-year-old Costa Rican man arrived at the Noi Bai International Airport from the UAE on January 16. He is now being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 845. As of 6 pm on January 18, a total of 1,402 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases. At present, nearly 18,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or … [Read more...] about Two more imported Covid-19 patients recorded on Monday

Hanoi (VNA) - Thailand's Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported 369 new cases on January 18, mostly through active testing in Samut Sakhon province. Of the new cases, 357 were domestic infections while 12 others were imported cases. A total of 269 local infections have been detected in Samut Sakhon, mostly being migrants. Thailand has so far confirmed 12,423 coronavirus infections, including 10,134 domestic cases. As many as 9,206 COVID-19 patients have fully recovered and been discharged from hospitals while 3,147 others are being treated in hospitals. The country's death toll from the coronavirus stands at 70./. … [Read more...] about Thailand records new COVID-19 cases

On January 7, the national steering committee for Covid-19 infection prevention and control asked the Ministry of Health and centralized quarantine centers to initiate strict control over the handover of quarantined people to the localities and impose medical monitoring measures at their residences. … [Read more...] about Five teams established to inspect localities’ compliance with quarantine regulations

10th Allianz survey: Business interruption, Pandemic outbreak and Cyber incidents are the top three global business risks for 2021 -- all strongly interlinked. Globally, Pandemic outbreak rockets to #2 from #17 and is seen as main cause of business interruption in 2021, followed by Cyber incidents. Companies look to de-risk supply chains and boost business continuity management for extreme events. In Asia Pacific, the top three risks are mirrored although Business interruption swaps places with Cyber incidents, which ranks #1 for the second consecutive year. Market developments (#4), Macroeconomic developments (#8) and Political violence (#10) are all rising global risks. Socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic will bring more insolvencies and likely fuel further civil unrest in 2021. Climate change falls to #9 globally but will be back on the board agenda as a priority in 2021. JOHANNESBURG/LONDON/MUNICH/NEW YORK/PARIS/SAO PAULO/SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 19 … [Read more...] about Allianz Risk Barometer 2021: Covid-19 trio tops global and Asia Pacific business risks