- Overview of Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as an illness caused by a novel coronavirus now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; formerly called 2019-nCoV). This is considered a pandemic and is affecting more than 181 countries and territories worldwide.
The disease was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since spread globally, resulting in the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Muscle pain, sputum production, and sore throat are less common. While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to severe pneumonia and multi-organ failure.
Responses to protect public health worldwide include travel restrictions, blockade and quarantine, curfew, event cancellation, and school closure.
The Covid-19 pandemic is seriously affecting the global economy with extremely serious consequences.
Oriental Sails actively prevents Covid-19 epidemic
- The effects of the Covid 19 on Vietnam’s tourism industry
The World Tourism Organization has just ranked Vietnam as the 7th fastest growing tourist destination in the world (up 3 places compared to last year). Since the Covid epidemic, tourists have been dominated by fears of the disease, which has negatively affected airlines, hotels, tour operators, restaurants, shops, transport companies, etc.
Room capacity of hotels in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City has been reduced to 50% and more. Key resort destinations such as Sapa, Da Nang, Cam Ranh, Nha Trang or travel companies in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi … also recorded a terrible decline in capacity.
Normal days, Ha Long Bay receives from 6,000 to 8,000 passengers /day, this number decreased very rapidly in the past 2 months. Currently, Ha Long Bay has issued a written notice to suspend the reception of visitors to the end of March. Therefore, all businesses with ships operating on Ha Long Bay have suspended business activities, welcomed passengers and waited for new notifications from the Bay Management Board for April.
The type of travel that combines conferences and seminars (MICE) is also strongly affected as many multinational companies have canceled foreign tours for their employees.
Vietnamese airlines have also had more difficulties with a series of canceled or restricted flights.
Currently, tourism businesses are focusing on preventing and combating the Covid 19 epidemic as directed by the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies. Good prevention efforts will also help to build Vietnam’s tourism image in the eyes of international and domestic tourists on a safe destination.
- Vietnam joined the fight against Covid 19.
The Prime Minister directs: Proactively and drastically prevent, quickly detect and strictly control the source of infection; organize isolation or supervision of people who have contacted patients under the guidance of the Ministry of Health.
Strengthen control of people on entry; temporarily suspend visa exemption in some countries where the epidemic is affected.
Make mandatory medical declarations for all passengers entering Vietnam as prescribed, and early detection to carry out isolation for cases coming from or passing through the epidemic area; minimize flights between Vietnam to the epidemic areas and vice versa.
Strictly manage tourism activities, ensure safety; detect and promptly handle risks of infection from foreign countries via tourist routes.
Strictly isolate and prepare the isolation plan on a large scale. To take care of health protection, ensure living conditions for isolated people.
The Ministry of Science and Technology shall coordinate with the Ministry of Health in studying prevention, treatment regimens and vaccines against COVID-19.
Timely, complete, public and transparent information on disease developments in Vietnam. Strictly handle cases of reporting untrue news, causing public panic, social instability and acts of hoarding, raising prices, causing market instability in accordance with the law.
To mobilize the entire population to raise their awareness of protecting the health and preventing epidemics with the measures already guided by the Ministry of Health.
- Oriental Sails participates in the prevention of Covid 19
As the impact of Covid 19 came back with complicated developments, the Board of Directors of Oriental Sails informed all employees to work online at home and enjoy 70% of the salary in March. In the following months, the Board of Directors will issue a notice based on the actual situation of the disease and the business situation.
Personnel who come to visit or have jobs to do at the office must strictly implement preventive measures such as wearing masks, disinfecting, maintaining office hygiene.
Cost-saving solutions have also been launched to the entire company to minimize unnecessary costs during times of disease and company difficulties.
The whole company unites in disease prevention, together overcome difficulties. Hopefully, the disease will be repelled soon, Oriental Sails will continue to flourish.