MANILA – Almost part of respondents in a new Asia-Pacific survey that claims that other people’s teams are to blame for the spread of COVID-19. Some of them refer to the Chinese and the migrants, while others say their violators of the rules and the government’s insufficient response. according to the survey.
The Asia-Pacific Working Group on Risk Communication and Community Participation, an initiative of various United Nations agencies and humanitarian agencies, concerned 4993 respondents in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Pakistan. He found that one in 3 respondents in the 4 countries that I’m sure other people’s teams are guilty of spreading the disease.
The highest reaction was in Malaysia, where 69% definitively responded to the survey question: “Do you think an express organization is guilty of the spread of COVID-19?”Among the highest teams mentioned are Chinese, migrants res pumped back, foreign tourists, migrant staff and “illegal aliens”.
The survey provides data on how communities in the region understand COVID-19 and the intensity of wisdom about the disease and highlights the spaces where humanitarian organizations interested in threat communication want to improve, such as combating stigma, but also the data they seek to improve. they want to explain and in communities, adding about the transmission of COVID-19.
More than 30% of myanmar respondents also say that Chinese and returning migrants are guilty of the spread of COVID-19 in Myanmar.
In Indonesia, however, most blame those who do not scrupulously comply with government security protocols, such as dressing in masks and avoiding unnecessary travel. Some also have less than vigorous government action since the outset contributed to the spread of the disease in the country.
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In Pakistan, some Chinese, returning citizens like pilgrims from Iran and Syria and foreigners are guilty of the spread of COVID-19, but this is only secondary to what respondents understand as “inadequate control measures similar to travel, isolation and quarantine services established through the government on the Iranian border. “
Some of the effects are not entirely surprising, like emotions towards the Chinese. This is probably due to the fact that COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, China, before spreading around the world. Some also have “perfectly moderate thoughts” about who they are thinking is guilty of the spread of COVID-19, said Viviane Fluck, Coordinator of Responsibility and Community Participation at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Asia-Pacific.
“There are other people who say that others do not respect fitness measures, for example. And there is, of course, some fact in this . . . If we don’t take preventive measures, we’re much more likely to get the disease. And in saying also, other people with COVID-19 are the ones who propagate it, which is essentially logical, right?If he’s not fit and he’s coming out, he’ll probably infect other people,” Fluck told Devex.
“How can I reassure people?How can we make things more transparent and clear about the fact that it is an express organization that is spreading [the virus]?”
Fluck said the International Federation and other humanitarian agencies want to better understand why others blame certain groups, such as migrants, for helping the International Federation and other interested humanitarian agencies adapt their message.
“I think we want to perceive even more why it is. So that we can identify problems and considerations, stigma and how we can deal with them. How can we make things more transparent and clear about the fact that it is not an express organization that is spreading [the virus]?, he said, while acknowledging the demanding situations involved in the fight against stigma and measured how action can replace people’s perceptions.
“I have no illusions about the effect of humanitarian organizations. That’s our project and we’re running it. But in an entire community, we’re just an actor,” he said. “I think we also want to paint”. more about stigma. But, of course, we are not the only ones who hold the key to the solution».
The International Federation and other humanitarian partners plan to launch an immediate investigation in the coming weeks and months to better understand why certain teams are believed to be guilty of the spread of the virus in the region. Meanwhile, the International Federation and its partners are for other tactics to deal with survey findings, add stigma, and how to fill data gaps and use the most reliable data source or medium.
More than 60% of respondents recognized that television is a reliable source of data in all countries, followed by radio and newspapers printed in Malaysia and Myanmar, but in Pakistan, the Internet has a remarkable data source after television. In Indonesia, respondents expressed confidence in the network of fitness workers, the Ministry of Health and humanitarian equipment on television.
Fluck also stated that the International Federation and its partners were converting the content of their messages.
“One of the adjustments I’m suggesting is that we stay a little away from the fundamental communication about how [it can] save the disease. Of course, it is vital to follow it . . . However, in several countries, others people knew this very well, so I think it can be a little condescending if we keep communicating the same thing,” he said.
Fluck said that the International Federation and its partners can simply provide more messages and clarity about COVID-19 transmission, while most respondents were aware of coVID-19 transmission from droplets through direct or close contact with other people and inflamed animals, and through infected elements or surfaces, a significant number of respondents also responded : “by air”.
There is still an ongoing debate on air transmission of the virus. Scientists’ organization in July asked the World Health Organization to update its recommendations to come with the COVID-19 air transmission threat. WHO has argued that this may happen. When safe operation of aerosol-generating medical procedures. While some outbreaks have been reported in crowded indoor spaces, such as in restaurants, suggesting the option of aerosol transmission, the humanitarian firm said this “requires further study. “
Last week, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionBut it’s not the first time They released an update on their air transmission recognition of the virus and removed it on Monday, saying the update “was released by mistake. “
“This is something I think we want to paint on, because there was some content that was supposedly not transparent enough about it because it’s a little harder to organize as well. . . than some. Other modes of transmission, I think. And so we’re also turning the content to better meet what other people are asking for,” Fluck said.
In the research, Fluck also discovered increased interest in the COVID-19 vaccine.
“This is not surprising, of course, because I think many of the members of the Array community . . . they see this as a imaginable solution to end the pandemic,” he said.