Archive for April 27th, 2020
Singapore Contained the Coronavirus for Months. Now It Has One of the Worst Outbreaks in Asia.
Just last month, some East and Southeast Asian countries were held up as models for their coronavirus responses especially Singapore and Taiwan, which had largely contained [...] » More
Singapore’s manufacturing output up 21.7pct in March, ‘more pronounced’ impact from COVID-19 expected next month
Singapore’s manufacturing output was up 21.7 per cent in March after recording its biggest contraction since 1983 in February, according to data from the Economic [...] » More
COVID-19: MOH suspends officer who leaked daily case updates, reviewing security protocol
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has suspended the officer who was arrested for allegedly leaking the number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Singapore. It added in a media [...] » More
Singapore’s migrant workers are suffering the brunt of the country’s coronavirus outbreak
Rubel, a 28-year-old migrant worker in Singapore, is afraid. The dormitory he and other foreign workers live in has been locked down, and nobody is allowed in or out as [...] » More
COVID-19: Support staff at Singapore hospitals work quietly behind the scenes as cases increase
Somewhere within a sprawling hospital complex, a troop of personnel are hard at work. Gloves, goggles, masks. They have different roles. There’s Chakshu Malhotra, a [...] » More
COVID-19: S’pore crosses 12,000 mark with 897 new cases, confirms 9 more clusters
The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (24 April) confirmed 897 new COVID-19 cases and nine more clusters in Singapore, bringing the total to 12,075 the highest recorded in [...] » More
ADB lends $1.5 bil to Philippines to fund P655.6 billion Covid-19 response
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has given the green light to the $1.5 billion quick-disbursing loan for the Philippines, its host-country, to aid in the fight against the [...] » More
Taiwan business group to donate 2,000 protective gowns to Philippines
A Taiwanese business group in the Philippines on Friday said it will donate 2,000 protective gowns to local medical personnel to help slow the spread of the new coronavirus [...] » More
Philippines’ COVID-19 infections top 7,000 as country extends lockdown in Manila
Philippine health ministry on Friday (April 24) reported that confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have risen to more than 7,000. In a bulletin, the ministry recorded 211 [...] » More
Philippines’ COVID-19 cases exceed 7,000, death toll at 477
The Philippines now has 7,192 cases of the coronavirus disease as the Department of Health confirmed 211 new infections on Friday. Forty more people have survived the viral [...] » More
Thailand’s Security Council eyes extending state of emergency, easing some restrictions
Next Monday, the day before the weekly Cabinet meeting, Thailand’s National Security Council will present a proposal to extend the national state of emergency to PM [...] » More
Thailand look to extend state of emergency while 10,000 tourists are still stranded on the islands
THAILAND may extend their state of emergency as cases of coronavirus increase across the country. The plans come as more than 10,000 are reported to still be stranded on some [...] » More
Thailand seeks more quarantine locations as residents return from OS
The director of the Institution for Urban Disease Control says more Covid-19 quarantine sites are needed in Bangkok and elsewhere around the country as more Thais arrive back [...] » More
Strict rules set to govern a possible return of domestic flights from May 1
The director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand is eyeing May 1 as a possible date for some domestic flights to once more take to the skies. Nation Thailand [...] » More
15 new Covid-19 cases in Thailand (Friday), no new deaths
At this morning’s daily press briefing from the centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, announced somewhat of a stabilising of cases. 15 [...] » More
