With the escalated travel bans across countries following the COVID-19 pandemic, there emerges a new global order with no clear timeline in foresight. So far, Africa has surprised the world for not being the headlines for this global crisis with the exception of speculations amounting to its experience in preparing for similar epidemics, the virus’s inability to survive warm weather, the genetic makeup of the people to the assumption that the virus does not arrive in a greater number, yet.
Despite the speculation, the virus remains highly transmissible and there is no reason to be complacent and not to act faster to contain the spread of the virus, given the favorable cultural, social and economic situation in the continent.
Person to person is the main means of transmission where the travel and hospitality business is going to be the most sensitive and with an immediate impact from the economic point of view. It is worthwhile for the businesses and the governments to devise a mitigation plan to minimize the economic impact in addition to ensuring the wellbeing of citizens.
As the COVID-19 situation continues to develop, the priority in the international response is human welfare, rightly so; and as the wider impact becomes more apparent, businesses have a number of considerations to ensure they are able to respond effectively, (PwC)
While we fight the pandemic, it is also important to stay focused in what we do and in managing other key tasks and risks across the board to minimize the overall economic impact.
COVID-19 isn’t the only threat on the horizon — and often organizations are at their most vulnerable when dealing with a crisis that dominates their attention; the many other risks that your business faces aren’t diminished by a pandemic; and in the face of a global crisis, well-prepared businesses can help protect their workers and their bottom lines,(Strategy+Business).
With no clear indication of the status and evolving impact of the pandemic in the continent and at a global stage, for now, we all need to stick to WHO’s emergency advice below:
“We all need to be prepared, act fast, have no regrets and be the first mover as the virus will get us otherwise; if we need to be right before we move, we will never win as perfection is the enemy of the good; engage with communities very deeply as community acceptance is hugely important; we need to look the other sectoral impacts, coordinate and move faster as the greatest error is not to move, but to be paralyzed by the fear of failure”.
Afro Experience Advices to Stay Safe Any Time Any Where.
We Will Win the Virus Together Sooner If We Support Ourselves and One Another Employing Social Distancing as Our Best Tool to Fight Back the Coronavirus Spread in Homes, Communities and Work places!
