Many Southeast Asian countries consider limited easing, in the context of the economy suffering from heavy damage because of strict blockade orders.
A wide range of regional countries are promoting the re-opening plan, seeking to balance the viral spread control with economic activity, ensuring labor sources and circulating cash flows.
The low vaccination rate in Southeast Asia makes this one of the most vulnerable areas in the Delta transformation, in contrast to the US and Europe, places are gradually opening.
People on the streets of Orchard Road shopping in Singapore on September 7.
It is a difficult balance between life and livelihoods, Krystal Economists Tan at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group commented, adding that Singapore is struggling to deal with the outbreak of NCOV infection despite
Faces closed in Southeast Asia have affected the global supply chain.
Daily mortality rates in some countries in the region have exceeded the world average, but many countries are increasingly worried about economic consequences if limited measures last too long.
Wellian Wiranto, an economist of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., said Southeast Asian countries are gradually wearing experience by economic losses from consecutive blockade orders, as well as the fatigue of people when the situation
People's patience is also declining, especially in the context of many countries to respond to Covid-19 longer than the rest of the world.
People injecting Vaccine Covid-19 at vaccination point in a bus in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 8.
As a result, a series of water is aiming for Covid-19 as a specific disease instead of a pandemic, in which Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore are pursuing strategies living with the virus.
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, focuses on long-term strategy.
Notice the number of new cases daily is now less important than their severity.
Instead of national or wide blockade orders, the Philippines is seeking to apply travel restrictions in certain areas, to street levels or each house.
Health workers prepare drugs for Covid-19 patients at the hospital in Quezon, the Philippines, on August 20.
Only those with a new vaccine card to the commercial center and religious locations in Jakarta, or go to the cinema in Malaysia.
This strategy can reduce the overall damage to the economy, but some experts still warn uneven vaccine distribution, focusing on essential economic regions, which can lead to disadvantages