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How our hospitals are disposing the tons of trash caused by COVID treatments

ANCX
Updated as of May 14 01:45 PM

One group says there is no need to burn PPEs. PGH, for example, is using microwave technology to shrink the volume of hazardous waste. BY BAM V. ABELLON Read more »

Malaysia records slowest growth since 2009 due to virus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 06:50 PM

Malaysia's economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a decade during the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic battered the country, but still managed to beat forecasts, data showed Wednesday. Read more »

RITM gets funding boost from France in COVID-19 fight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 08:00 PM

The Philippines' Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) will get a fund boost from France, under the ECOMORE II project that seeks to help Southeast Asian countries to cope with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

More than 2,200 Indonesians have died with coronavirus symptoms, data shows

Tom Allard and Kate Lamb, Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 09:57 AM

More than 2,200 Indonesians have died with acute symptoms of COVID-19 but were not recorded as victims of the disease, a Reuters review of data from 16 of the country's 34 provinces showed. Read more »

Indonesia overtakes PH with highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia

Reuters
Posted at Apr 17 05:32 PM

Indonesia reported on Friday 407 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 5,923. Read more »

'Best practices': Gov't defends COVID-19 response as PH tally tops Southeast Asia

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 11:53 AM

The Philippines this week surpassed Malaysia as the Southeast Asian country with the most number of cumulative COVID-19 cases despite complaints of inadequate testing. Read more »

PH tops ASEAN countries with most number of COVID-19 cases; possible underreported recoveries: data experts

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 03:40 PM

The Philippines has surpassed Malaysia this week as the Southeast Asian country with the most number of cumulative coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases.  Read more »

Thailand extends ban on passenger flights until end-April

Reuters
Posted at Apr 15 12:11 PM

Thailand has extended a ban on incoming passenger flights until the end of April to curb the coronavirus outbreak, the country's aviation body said on Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines has most number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia: Johns Hopkins tally

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 15 02:59 AM

MANILA - The Philippines has the most number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Southeast Asia as of Tuesday, according to the running tally of the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Read more »

Insta-star wars: China tensions in Southeast Asia flare online

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Fanny Potkin, Reuters
Posted at Apr 14 11:19 PM

The quarrel, which has seen Southeast Asian internet users join forces with those in Taiwan and Hong Kong, has highlighted old tensions between China and its smaller neighbors fanned by the emergence of the new coronavirus. Read more »

Southeast Asian leaders vow to cooperate in coronavirus fight

Reuters
Posted at Apr 14 05:11 PM

Coronavirus cases in countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past month have soared to more than 20,000 from fewer than 840. The death toll has grown to 866 from 14, but due to limited testing in some countries, medical professionals suspect the real numbers may be much higher. Read more »

ASEAN leaders meet online to tackle coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 14 03:44 PM

Hanoi is chairing an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting on COVID-19, with the country touting its success so far in containing the virus with extensive quarantines and social distancing. Read more »

Duterte: ASEAN must remain open for trade as coronavirus pandemic persists

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 02:29 PM

Trade in Southeast Asia should remain open, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday as leaders of the region discussed how to combat the coronavirus pandemic in a special video conference. Read more »

Virus outbreak hits supply chains for Japan firms in Philippine, Southeast Asia, India

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 01 09:26 PM

Of those affected, more than 80 percent pointed out problems related to sourcing parts and materials, with 95.8 percent in the Philippines, 87.9 percent in Indonesia and 87.0 percent in Malaysia reporting that they are suffering as they rely relatively more on imports than local procurement. Read more »

PH to ask ASEAN partners to refrain from trade restrictions amid COVID-19 crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 11:35 PM

The Philippines will ask its neighbors in Southeast Asia to "refrain from imposing trade restrictive measures" to ensure supplies will not run out amid the mass quarantine in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Friday. Read more »

Indonesia's death toll jumps to 19 as coronavirus surges across Southeast Asia

Stanley Widianto and Ebrahim Harris, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 09:21 PM

Indonesia's coronavirus death toll jumped on Wednesday from five to 19 and Malaysia warned of "a tsunami" of cases if people did not follow new movement restrictions as infections surged across Southeast Asia. Read more »

Malaysia starts 2-week isolation to rein in coronavirus

Ebrahim Harris and Daveena Kaur, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 11:12 AM

Malaysia went into a two-week partial lockdown on Wednesday after coronavirus infections in the country spiked to the highest in Southeast Asia, with some buyers rushing to supermarkets to stock up on essentials like instant noodles.   Read more »

Can hot weather stop coronavirus? Southeast Asia surge raises doubts

Joe Brock, Reuters
Posted at Mar 17 05:12 PM

Countries from Indonesia to Thailand to Malaysia and the Philippines have recorded their highest rate of infections in recent days as testing has ramped up, in a sign seasonal factors may only play a limited role in coronavirus' spread. Read more »

Vietnam’s coronavirus cases rise to 20

Khanh Vu, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 07 10:08 PM

The ministry said 101 suspected coronavirus cases are quarantined in the country while 23,228 others are being monitored. Read more »

Indonesia says lack of coronavirus cases a blessing from God

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Feb 27 08:13 PM

Indonesia's health minister defended the country's screening process for coronavirus on Thursday and said the absence of confirmed cases in the world's fourth-most populous nation was a "blessing from the Almighty." Read more »