COVID-19: A Global Snapshot Released
I would like to share with you a timely report from Western Sydney University providing a global snapshot of COVID-19 responses, to which I have contributed an analysis of Timor-Leste’s response to the virus from a business perspective.
A Trans-Timor Travel Bubble
As Australia opens up, there is increasing talk of a trans-Tasman travel bubble, and Scott Morrison foreshadowed other Pacific bubbles for ‘members of our broader Pacific family’. But what of our cousins in Timor-Leste to the north, where there have been no COVID-19 deaths? Now it’s time to consider a trans-Timor COVID safe travel zone.
Coronavirus and the Timor-Leste Economy
The Timor-Leste Government has faced its share of challenges in recent times, and they are dealing with them in a mature fashion, experiencing democracy in action. However, this world-wide slowdown will have a deep flow-on effect on their economy, like others. The government has an opportunity at its feet now to act decisively against the coronavirus.