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Medical groups seek stricter quarantine restrictions in Albay province

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 11:19 PM

Stricter restrictions are urged for the Philippine province of Albay to address COVID-19 infections.  Read more »

Chinese scientist at center of virus controversy denies lab leak theory

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 10:37 AM

WASHINGTON - The Chinese scientist at the center of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak from her specialized lab in the city of Wuhan has denied her institution was to blame for the health disaster. Read more »

Virus outbreaks at Thai factories threaten export sector, recovery

Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 08:36 AM

A series of coronavirus outbreaks in Thai factories is raising concerns that the export sector could be hit hard, threatening to further undermine an economy as it struggles to recover from the pandemic's crippling blow to the crucial tourism industry. Read more »

'Major win': WHO, UNICEF declare end of polio outbreak in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 02:56 PM

MANILA (UPDATE)— The outbreak of debilitating disease polio in the Philippines has ended, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF announced Friday as it lauded the country's response to its resurgence almost two years ago.    Read more »

Taiwan to quarantine workers to control COVID spike at tech firm

Reuters
Posted at Jun 06 06:15 PM

TAIPEI -- All foreign workers at a plant of major Taiwanese chip packager King Yuan Electronics in Taiwan's northern city of Miaoli will be quarantined as health workers try to stop an outbreak of COVID-19 there, the government said on Sunday. Read more »

Thailand aims to vaccinate 70% of people by September

Reuters
Posted at May 20 03:27 AM

Thailand has yet to start a mass immunization program and has been scrambling to secure vaccines from multiple brands. Read more »

India Covid-19 deaths surge past 4,000

Sanjay Kanojia, AFP
Posted at May 09 05:15 PM

Family members perform the last rites during the cremation of their loved one who died due to COVID-19 in Allahabad, India on Saturday. Read more »

‘Vaccine tours’, anyone? Thai travel agencies offer COVID-19 jab trips to US

Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters
Posted at May 06 07:41 AM

Such trips have sprouted, as some wealthy Thais grow impatient awaiting mass inoculations that are still a month away amid their country's biggest outbreak so far. Read more »

Wuhan party chief on track to becoming governor for handling COVID-19 outbreak

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 04 04:52 PM

Wang Zhonglin caused controversy for saying the city should be grateful to Xi Jinping and the party for coronavirus response but his performance pleased Beijing. Wang and Hubei party boss Ying Yong, who is also tipped for promotion, were brought in amid a purge of provincial leaders at the height of the pandemic.    Read more »

Thailand makes masks mandatory, bans Bangkok restaurant dining

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 30 07:10 AM

Authorities reclassified Bangkok and 5 provinces as highest-controlled zones. Read more »

Vietnam urges vigilance, as neighbors battle infection spikes

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 29 01:01 PM

Vietnam's health ministry called for "unanimity and determination" among the public to keep the virus at bay.   Read more »

Maskless Thai PM fined as coronavirus cases spike

Aidan Jones, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 27 02:20 AM

Wearing masks is now compulsory in public spaces in 49 provinces and the capital, Bangkok, where the latest outbreak has been traced back to a nightlife district.  Read more »

Parts of Western Australia on 3-day lockdown after small COVID-19 outbreak

Reuters
Posted at Apr 24 12:45 PM

MELBOURNE— More than 2 million people in the state of Western Australia on Saturday began their first full day of a snap 3-day lockdown after a coronavirus outbreak in a hotel quarantine facility led to community transmission.   Read more »

New Zealand pauses travel bubble after Australian COVID outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 03:26 AM

The decision came after Western Australia announced that the regions of Perth and Peel were entering a 3-day lockdown, starting midnight Friday to Saturday. Read more »

Fabella hospital's workers sound alarm over rise in COVID-19 cases

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 08:56 PM

A source who refused to be identified said that many hospital staff, and even patients, are now contracting the virus. Incoming patients, she said, would lie about their condition, swab test results, or symptoms when being interviewed at the triage.   Read more »

High number of new COVID-19 cases in PH still likely in coming days, says DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 05:20 PM

The decrease in reported COVID-19 cases recently is due to the temporary closure of some testing laboratories last Sunday and does not indicate a reduced transmission of the virus, the Department of Health said Wednesday.   Read more »

Coronavirus likely jumped to humans from bats through 'missing link': expert report

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 09:04 PM

GENEVA, Switzerland - An international expert mission to Wuhan concluded in a report seen Monday that Covid-19 likely first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, with investigators all but ruling out a laboratory leak. Read more »

LIST: Metro Manila cities reintroduce curfew hours amid rising COVID-19 cases

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 06:53 PM

Some cities in Metro Manila have imposed new curfew hours in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as the capital region continues to log a relatively high number of new infections in the past few weeks.   Read more »

Uptick in inflation 'temporary'; likely to taper off in Q2: BSP Gov. Diokno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 12:32 PM

Inflation is likely to exceed the governments 2 to 4 percent target range in the next few months due to supply side factors such as the African Swine Fever outbreak, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno said Monday.    Read more »

Thailand to start first coronavirus vaccinations this week

Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 06:32 PM

BANGKOK - Thailand will start vaccinating priority groups including health workers against COVID-19 by the end of this week, its prime minister said on Tuesday, a day ahead of the arrival of the country's first coronavirus vaccines. Read more »