Thai Border Closures Over COVID-19 Spark Myanmar Migrants Return, Health Concerns
By Nyein Nyein The Irrawaddy Mon, March 23, 2020 A Myanmar health team checks the temperatures of migrant returnees at the second Mae Sot-Myawaddy Friendship Bridge on March 23. / […]
MALAYSIA: Doctors, nurses turn to plastic bags, cling wrap amid shortage of PPE in Malaysia’s Covid-19 battle
BY WONG SAI WAN AND SOO WERN JUN Malay Mail Monday, 23 Mar 2020 Videos of medical staff making protective suits from dustbin liners, cling wrap and plastic bags have […]
Central Java hospital produces protective gear for medical workers amid shortages
Suherdjoko The Jakarta Post Mon, March 23, 2020 A medical worker puts on protective equipment during a COVID-19 medical simulation at Pertamina Plaju Hospital in Palembang, South Sumatra, on March […]
Jakarta’s emergency hospital for COVID-19 open for business
The Jakarta Post Mon, March 23, 2020 President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo examines medical equipment in an emergency room while inspecting the COVID-19 emergency hospital at the Kemayoran Athletes Village in […]
Indonesia public decries ‘elite privilege’ as lawmakers, relatives get tested first for COVID-19
Ghina Ghaliya The Jakarta Post Mon, March 23, 2020 Members of the House of Representatives sit in session. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan) Members of the House of Representatives and their families are […]
Malaysia FM: Let’s trade a little of our freedom for greater good
By Teh Athira Yusof New Straits Times Sun, March 22, 2020 Foreign minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein in a letter said the collaboration would ensure that Malaysia would be one […]
Laos Enters De Facto Lockdown Amid Global Coronavirus Outbreak
By Francis Savankham The Laotian Times Sun,March 22, 2020 VIENTIANE – Laos is poised to enter a de facto lockdown as borders, entry and exit points begin to close across […]
Your democracy is killing you and how China suppressed Covid-19
By Tim Newton The Thaiger Sat, March 21, 2020 OPINION On January 25, 2020 the Chinese government started locking down around 930 million citizens over the following few weeks, starting […]
Senior UN official abandons Myanmar colleagues over virus
The Myanmar Times Sat, Mar 21, 2020 Bijay Karmacharya, the Myanmar programme manager of UN-Habitat, speaks at a consultation workshop on June 4, 2018 at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi […]
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