การจัดการกับภาวะวิกฤตโควิด-19: กรณีศึกษาประเทศไทยและต่างประเทศ

Abstract

This article aimed to present the results of the study on the situation and measures of Thailand and foreign countries, i.e., USA, UK, China, Japan, and Singapore for crisis management in economic and social aspects due to COVID-19 outbreak between January 2020 – March 2021. 2 phases of the framework for crisis management analysis included response phase and recovery phase. It as found that most governments would like to implement social measures focusing on public health and economic measures focusing on healing people as all at once. They could not choose to implement only one aspect. In the response phase, most countries between January – March 2020 still underwent the quick outbreak. The governments issued strict control measures which were immediately effective, e.g., orders to stop business conduct, travel restriction, and in-time financial support for people. In the recovery phase, when the situation relieved, the governments would reach this step. Some countries, e.g., USA, China, and Singapore have currently started their crisis management in the response phase quite efficiently by focusing more on economic recovery rather than public health management. They have also started to relieve parts of the measures. According to the results of the study on the situation and measures of the 6 countries for COVID-19 crisis management, they will be a significant lesson for Thailand to plan how to handle the surrounding crisis, with future perspectives. Above all, people’s benefits must be viewed as the first priority. Policy regulators must learn when undergoing the crisis that may reoccur in the future.