From April 24th or 25th, to May 23rd or 24th this year, Muslims will observe Ramadan. During this period, they will practice fasting and take part in religious activities at mosques, residences or other designated areas. The Sheikhul lslam of Thailand, Aziz Phitakkumpon, has issued an announcement urging Muslims to take the necessary precautionary measures to help prevent the spread …

Thai social media users mocked China for authoritarian rule and likened President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh. A comparison that is also banned in China. “Thailand is poor, but China is Pooh,” read one viral tweet. Social media anger from Chinese communists over a Thai internet model’s comments on the virus from Wuhan has set off a storm. Uniting …

The usage of WiFi has improved the patient quality care in hospitals in terms of using this technology for the medical devices use for each patients and for the operation of Health Care Centers. Free internet access will help health workers file online documentation of their situation. It will also alleviate fear and anxiety among front-line patients by allowing them …

Typically eating a hot bowl of soup will immediately make one feel better when people feel sick. The temperature warms up the inside just fine, and the soup itself is full of quickly swallowed and digested nutrients. For filipinos, chicken soup or the famous tinola with vegetables off their plate but slurp the soup, they can be certain that they …

KUALA LUMPUR – To avoid overcrowding of prisons, The Malaysia Prison Department’s correctional academies has been chosen to the new detention centres for those who violated the movement control order (MCO), Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. As the Movement Control Order (MCO) enters phase 3, the government will no longer issue compound or fines of RM1,000 …

PETALING JAYA – Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah as been named among the “top doctors” in the world by a Chinese TV station for his straight-forward approach in handling the Covid-19 crisis. China Global TV Network (CGTN) commended Dr Noor Hisham alongside with US Infectious Disease Expert Dr Anthony Fauci and New Zealand’s Director-general of Health Ashley Bloomfield …

Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi have implemented the enforcement of the large-scale social restrictions or PSBB. There is a plan to stop the operation of the commuter line or KRL on April 18, 2020, during PSBB. However according to the Transportation Ministry asserted that there has been no decision yet. The requests of the train suspension have been delivered to …

In order to handle coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, the government has formed a task force. The newest, more than 22 thousand volunteers have joined the Indonesian Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Response, according to Achmad Yurianto, the government spokesperson for COVID-19 handling. “Over 22,000 volunteers have voluntarily registered with the Task Force for the Acceleration of …

Nonthaburi Governor Sujin Chaichumsak announced on Monday (April 13) that the province would ease its shutdown order for some establishments that are necessary for daily life. From April 15, barber shops, beauty salons (for hair cutting only), courier services, lottery stalls, office equipment stores, construction material shops, furniture shops, mobile phone service shops and stores dealing with computers, electrical appliances …

The Agriculture Ministry is asking the government to hand farmers monthly payments of Bt5,000 for six months to maintain the agricultural supply amid forecasts of global food shortages within three months. Alongkorn Ponlaboot, adviser to the agriculture minister, said that the United Nations, the World Health Organisation and the World Trade Organisation all predict that food shortages will become another …