A farmer wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 while working in a rice paddy field in Hanoi. — AFP
A pandemic like Covid-19 leaves catastrophic and far-reaching effects on economies, jobs, health and normal ways of living, and countries around the world today are being forced to urgently step up to the plate by taking extraordinary action to tackle the crisis.
Over the past weeks, we have seen governments implementing additional precautionary measures – from travel bans and nationwide lockdowns to intensified border control inspections and regulations – in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.
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