A patient of Manila Doctors Hospital, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, has died, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The confirmed death is the patient confined to ID PH35 at Manila Doctors Hospital in Manila City. The Philippine health department referred to the 35th patient who was a 67-year-old Filipino with no history of travel. The said Filipino has been …

President Rodrigo Duterte will be screened for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after several members of the Cabinet have confirmed they will be undergoing self-quarantine due to contact with infected citizens. This was reported by Duterte’s former aide and now by Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. Go explained in a statement that they must undergo COVID-19 training to make sure they’re “fit and …

The Philippine National Railways (PNR) has suspended work from Thursday till Saturday to give way to its Executive Building for “cleaning and disinfecting” as cases of COVID-19 have increased in the region. In an advisory, PNR stated that it would stop their work from March 12 through March 14, In adherence to the protocols developed by the DOH. Yet PNR …

To prevent coronavirus disease from spreading following exposure of the country’s top economic officials to COVID-19 patients, the Department of Finance (DOF), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) temporarily suspended operations on Thursday to disinfect their facilities. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Domínguez III said the DOF building in Manila …

Government Spokesperson related to Corona virus as well as Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, dr. Achmad Yurianto responded to the statement of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan who mentioned the risk of Corona virus contamination on the KRL-2 route on the Bogor-Depok-Jakarta City route was indeed possible. “It’s possible, …

Waves of rejection of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation bill still continue. In fact, the union gave an ultimatum if President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo continued to force the ratification of the bill. This time, as many as 2 million workers were claimed to be holding a mass strike, which part of three major labor unions in Indonesia. This number …

The relocation of Indonesia capital city (IKN) which has been decided by the government is still a national issue that makes many people interested in exploring further what is the basis of the government actually decided to move the capital. The transfer is certainly a megaproject that is being hunted by investors both at home and abroad. Later, there was …

Earlier, the Supreme Court’s ruling has revoked the Presidential Regulation No. 79/2010 on the hike of the Health Social Security (BPJS Kesehatan) premium for the independent class category. According to this, the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) chairman Tulus Abadi gives the response for the BPJS case continuation. Tulus highlighted the regulation that will apply after the Supreme Court’s ruling. He …

There are seven new confirmed COVID-19 cases that have been confirmed by Indonesian government. This new cases bringing the country’s total to 34 patients. “We found seven new cases today,” the Health Ministry’s Disease Control and Prevention director-general, Achmad Yurianto, said in a press conference at the State Palace. All seven patients, all Indonesian citizens, were identified as imported cases, …

People arriving from China, Iran, Italy, South Korea must disclose their self-quarantine locations, or face a 20,000-baht fine and later one-year jail for repeated failure to comply, according to the Public Health Ministry. Dr Suthep Petchmark, health inspector-general, announced the new measure at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday. He said arrivals from the four countries must be screened at airports and …