Events - Avian Influenza: Businesses Need To Be Better Prepared
Source: Asia Insurance Review | Apr 2006
During a one-day
workshop on Business Contingency Planning and Disaster Preparedness for Avian
Influenza in Singapore in January, business executives gathered to share information
on what is needed to prepare for the Avian influenza pandemic should it strike.
Presently, it seems that while governments and regional political organisations
are hard at work to avert any pandemic. On the business front, all is quiet
and, in most cases, are relying on the governments to handle the crisis should
it happen. The workshop showed that this is a dangerous stance, and that more
must be done by all parties to handle this very real risk at our doorstep. Our
Deputy Editor, Ms Irene Yeo, reports.
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