PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): As Asean turned 54, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the unity of Asean has enabled it to collectively overcome challenges ranging from global financial crises to climate change to natural disasters and now, the Covid-19 pandemic.
said the unity of Asean has enabled it to collectively overcome challenges ranging from global financial crises to climate change to natural disasters and now, the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hishammuddin said the emergence of new Covid-19 variants and the prospect that the disease would become endemic required governments all over the world to rethink their strategies. He said Asean had implemented several strategies and frameworks to face the imminent rise of COVID-19, while mitigating its impact on its economy and ensuring the well-being of the people.
Subsequently, Hishammuddin said, the Asean Comprehensive Recovery Framework , which serves as a guide for strategic directions and focus for pandemic recovery and support in Asean , was adopted during the 37th Asean Summit and related summit in November 2020. To accelerate the recovery following the pandemic, Hishammuddin said Asean had embarked on an effort to address the shortages of test kits, personal protective equipment and vaccines through the Covid-19 Asean Response Fund.
Hishammuddin said the pandemic’s impact on mental health could no longer be ignored and it is another aspect that Asean is seriously looking into.
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