The Column Vol 69

ASEAN SUPPORT FOR THAILAND’S RESPONSE TO NEW OUTBREAK OF COVID-19

In collaboration with Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the AHA Centre mobilised relief items as a response to the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand.

ASEAN SUPPORT FOR THAILAND’S RESPONSE TO NEW OUTBREAK OF COVID-19

In collaboration with Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the AHA Centre mobilised relief items as a response to the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand.

MONTHLY DISASTER REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
JANUARY | DISASTER MONITORING & ANALYSIS (DMA) UNIT AHA CENTRE

The figures of recorded disasters for the first month of 2021 were significantly higher than the five-year average for the same period. The region reported around a seven-fold increase in the overall number of disaster occurrences.

SOCIAL MEDIA IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT

The Southeast Asian region has the third largest, and the most active, social media users in the world, as stated in We Are Social and Hootsuite’s Digital Report 2021. Countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam can be found in the top ten Facebook nations across the world.