A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease spreading through the human population across different geographical regions and occurs when the general population has no or little immunity against an emerging or re-emerging pathogen.
Infectious diseases have spread with different modes of transmission including influenza (respiratory spread), cholera (water and food borne) and bubonic plague (vector borne), said Brunei Association of Hotels (BAH) president Mohamad Iswandi Maaruf.
With the outbreak of monkeypox (mpox), BAH has developed a precautionary measures guidelines for its members, which were presented to its members during a briefing session at Universiti Brunei Darussalam yesterday.
The president said the guidelines are similar to the ones issued for COVID-19 on February 17, 2020, adding that the 2021 version of business continuity plan (BCP) can also be used as a guide.
The briefing focused on ensuring that accommodation premises are always clean and tidy, and human resources management, logistics, communications and quarantine measures are in place.
The president noted that the BCP is guided by a recognised methodology, the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition, to assess disease outbreak risk as well as the Ministry of Health’s advisories and public health response measures, such as contact tracing and social distancing. – Lyna Mohamad
