Southeast Asian nations test severe pandemic scenario |
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| Wednesday, 18 August 2010 15:47 | |
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Ten countries that are part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began a 4-day exercise today to gauge for the first time how a severe pandemic would affect essential services in each country and the whole region. The group is meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, according to a statement today from the United Nations, which is cohosting the event with ASEAN. The simulation is designed to test how a pandemic would affect a range of services, especially energy, transportation, and healthcare. The scenario features a communicable disease that arises on the continent of Pandemica, with five countries having economic and infrastructure conditions resembling those of Southeast Asia.
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