The COVID-19 virus pandemic has not only hurt lives and livelihoods but has also starkly exposed systemic problems that need to be addressed. Responses to the outbreak across Southeast Asia have been varied. Here are some lessons ASEAN countries can learn from the region’s response to COVID-19, according to the ASEAN-ISIS Mid-Term Report.
The report was directed by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) as chair of the ASEAN-ISIS network (an association of think tanks within Southeast Asia that is affiliated with ASEAN), for the year 2020 and is supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Foundation.
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