China is increasing its strong presence in the region and it is difficult for India to balance alone, hence, it is looking for collaboration with countries like Japan, Italy, the US and France who already have their permanent base there. To begin with, India has initiated to cooperate with Japan in Djibouti. ...
The SAARC should periodically meet through video conference at the level of Ministers or Secretaries. All governments in the developing world should give special attention to the vulnerable sections such as workers working far away from home. ...
The Japan Times states that the social distancing measures might be essential until 2022 to reduce persistent outbreak following the initial wave. Whatever situation arises during the Coronavirus phase, Japan has enough competence to manage it at national level. However, it can be said with some certainty that in the future, COVID-19 would damage the Japanese position of being advanced country, internationally. ...
The focus on climate change and health must go simultaneously, as they are interconnected - a better climate yields better health, and helps ease the pressure on the health systems of a nation. In this hour of crisis, a long-term planning is much needed. ...
The need of the hour is a more cohesive pan-European response to COVID-19, requiring the UK government to abandon its ideological hostility towards the EU. The European solidarity, and the proactive engagements among members countries, can set an example for international cooperation everywhere in the world. ...
The strategic and dynamic relationship with Hanoi is a major pillar of strength for India’s Indo-Pacific strategy, as Vietnam has been building and renewing its relations with the United States, and has been playing an active part in the US Indo-Pacific strategy, which is in line with India’s version. ...
It would be extremely difficult to hold China responsible for the spread of the pandemic, therefore, the whole exercise is to stigmatize China and nothing else. It is also to score political points and disguise their own incompetence in handling the pandemic by shifting blame on others. ...
At time when high income countries around the world are occupied with their own numbers, peripheral countries like Nepal are left with very limited or the only option like WHO. Nepal, needs WHO to help ensure the right kind of resources to be brought to bear, for consistently and effectively meeting the needs of the people who are already vulnerable and are further likely to be much more vulnerable as the result of the pandemic . ...
Vietnam’s response to the crisis has earned praise from the World Health Organization. The official statistics clearly exhibit that there are currently more than 75,000 people in quarantine or isolation. ...
Covid-19 and Vulnerability of Overseas Bangladeshis
The Government of Bangladesh should focus on the skill-training in nursing, health technology, management, medicine and hospitality, as part of its migration strategy. As the overseas employees of South Asian countries are some of the biggest sufferers, a collective South Asian platform can also be utilised to mitigate the problem. ...