Just in the middle of celebrating Christmas, the media and several senators criticized the decision by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III not to enforce a travel ban on countries with cases of a new form of the novel coronavirus, even though it was more infectious than the first. In an emergency meeting recently of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia advises individuals who have tested positive for coronavirus but do not have symptoms of Covid-19 to first self-isolate at home, as cases involving foreign employees are on the rise. These patients who are asymptomatic should keep in touch with their health offices in the area. Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Director-General of the Health Ministry, said that …

KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Dec – Transport Secretary Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said that Lim Guan Eng, former Penang Chief Minister, is still ‘shamelessly’ behaving as if he were still running the state. Lim’s right to lift the decision of the federal government to end the ferry service in Penang was challenged by the MCA chief. Last week, he commented …

The Covid-19 vaccination exercise in Singapore will begin with healthcare staff at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on Wednesday, followed in the coming weeks by those from other healthcare institutions. As of February next year, seniors aged 70 and above will get vaccinated, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday in a statement. This is in line with …

There’s an interesting point from a private Thai hospital that was told to stop promoting Covid-19 vaccines for sale in advance on the grounds that there is no vaccine licensed in Thailand yet. In view of this, Vibhavadi Hospital told the nation that the result of a misunderstanding was its online bid for 1,000 initial reservations for the two-dose Moderna …

Indonesia has been into the system of receiving conditional cash payments, recipients of the government-funded social assistance Family Hope Program (PKH) where people have seen their livelihoods change despite the things happening this year. Looking back, The Hope Family Program, hereinafter referred to as PKH is a Beneficiary Family Conditional Social Assistance Program designated as the PKH Beneficiary Family. The …

Surprisingly, President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer allow the Department of Education to pilot face-to-face classes in January next year, amid increasing concerns about a new strain of coronavirus that experts fear will be more infectious than the first. Duterte said during a television meeting with his COVID-19 task force telling that he is calling back the order and he …

In his Christmas letter, President Duterte praised the indomitable spirit of Filipinos and urged them to stay optimistic as considering the difficulties facing the Philippines this year, there are better days ahead. Duterte noted that 2020 was a tough period for all Filipinos and that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other natural calamities, several lives were lost and changed …

Indonesia has sought a report from Brazil, where a similar study is going smoothly in terms of the sluggish advancement of its own Phase 3 clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. They are looking forward to collect safety and efficacy data by the end of this month on the Chinese company which is Sinovac Biotech’s CoronaVac, and hoping to …

A pro-democracy party called on the House Religious Affairs, Arts and Culture Committee will do their best to help find the missing Khana Ratsadon plaque and the Memorial to the Constitutional Security. A petition was added recently by Saharat Chanthasuwan which is the leader of the Silpakorn Society for Democracy, with Sutthawan Suban na Ayutthaya, deputy chairperson of the council, …