Archive for April 29th, 2020
Mass COVID-19 testing in Singapore will depend on how circuit breaker is lifted: Gan Kim Yong
While Singapore wants to test as many as possible for the coronavirus, there is a “natural limit” and a “strategic logic” to who is tested and how it [...] » More
No ‘fudging’ of COVID-19 cases in dorms, number of confirmed cases will ‘catch up’: MOH official
A Ministry of Health (MOH) senior official said on Tuesday (28 April) that there is no “fudging” of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in foreign worker [...] » More
This is what life is like in the Philippines amid one of the world’s toughest coronavirus lockdowns
The Philippines has taken some of the most hard-line measures in the world to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with the country reporting almost 8,000 confirmed cases [...] » More
No order from Duterte to deport OFW for libel: Philippines envoy
The Philippines top envoy to Taiwan said Monday he has not received instructions from President Rodrigo Duterte to arrange the deportation of an overseas Filipino worker [...] » More
Philippines may loosen curbs in Luzon after May 15
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he may soon ease restrictions to contain the coronavirus outbreak, a move that his spokesperson said will be considered after the [...] » More
Covid-19 cases in Philippines inch closer to 8,000, death toll now 530
The Philippines’ health authorities on Tuesday (April 28) reported 181 more cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus)disease, bringing the total number of the virus cases in the [...] » More
Vietnam flings open the doors, Thailand and Malaysia peek through the curtains
Peeking through the curtains and testing the water, or flinging wide the door and going for it. Or somewhere in between. Some South east Asian countries are starting to make [...] » More
Thailand’s Attorney general calls for leniency towards charity food providers
Thailand’s Attorney general is urging prosecutors to go easy on the good samaritans who face charges of violating the current ban on social gatherings. The current [...] » More
Public suicide bid as millions of Thais wait for virus aid
A woman who took rat poison this week outside Thailand’s finance ministry over the slow rollout of aid during the coronavirus lockdown was promised on Tuesday she would [...] » More
Coronavirus could see Papua New Guinea, Indonesia become failed states
Countries with pre-existing conditions poverty, limited healthcare, ineffective or corrupt governments are fragile, and it is these countries that COVID-19 is threatening to [...] » More
Megachurch engulfed in flames in Indonesia as they raise funds for COVID-19 relief
A massive Christian church outside Indonesia’s capital, where authorities stopped a 2011 Easter bombing plot by Islamic terrorists, was engulfed in flames Monday [...] » More
Thousands Of COVID-19 Victims Not Included In Indonesia’s Official Death Toll, Report Says
More than 2,200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of the coronavirus but were not recorded as victims of the disease, Reuters said. More than 2,200 Indonesians have [...] » More
29 Malaysian students fail Covid-19 test in Java, unable to take their flight home
29 Malaysian students fail Covid-19 test in Java, unable to take their flight home Twenty-nine out of 164 Malaysian students in East Java heading back to Malaysia were found [...] » More
Covid-19: 470 active cases in KL, the highest in Malaysia
There were 470 active cases in Kuala Lumpur recorded as of noon yesterday the highest in the country, compared with Johor (235 active cases) and Selangor (186). The capital [...] » More
Thailand logs 7 new Covid cases, 2 deaths Tuesday
The government on Tuesday reported seven new coronavirus cases and two additional deaths, bringing the totals in Thailand to 2,938 infected and 54 deceased. The number of [...] » More
