Health

On the first day of tighter quarantine rules imposed on Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon some Filipinos still left their homes, searching for supplies for the days ahead. Anxious shoppers had to wait in long, spaced-out queues before they could even reach a grocery store, while shop owners enforce social distance or maintain a one-meter gap between people …

The Inquirer Group of Companies (IGC) joined the private sector in responding to the urgent call to support our health-care staff in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. In cooperation with different organisations. The IGC equipped Chinese General Hospital and Batangas Medical Hospital with protective plastic boxes for intubation; PPE’s donated to RITM and East Avenue Hospital; and face shields …

KUALA LUMPUR – Southeast Asia’s largest budget-carrier announced on Friday that it will resume its scheduled domestic flights starting April 29, 2020 before gradually adding internationals flights after it halted operations due to COVID-19 pandemic. AirAsia Group Bhd confirmed that international flights to Thailand and the Philippines are to resume on May 1, while flights to Indonesia are set to …

Proper handwashing is advised in battling the pandemic coronavirus but often times, people are not consistent in washing their hands properly and just let it pass after washing quickly with soap and water. But here’s a new study that will help people in understanding the importance of handwashing and using paper towels/tissue to prevent the spreading of COVID-19. In order …

Provinces across the country have continued to enforce stringent measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19. In Nong Khai, the alcohol sale ban has been extended to 30th April, while the governor of Phichit has attended a local flea market, giving vendors recommendations for personal protection. Nong Khai province has announced an extension of the ban on the sale of …

Many companies are still operating during the period of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital. Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Agency discovered that because they earn permission from the Industry Ministry. “I inspect companies that are not exempted [from the PSBB order] but having a permit from the Industry Ministry to carry out their normal activities during the …

Produce ventilators, rapid test kits domestically Indonesia will be ready for having personal protective equipment (PPE) to handle COVID-19 cases. This was announced by the Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita on Wednesday that saying about the readiness of Indonesia’s textile association and National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to produce PPE. “Soon, protective equipment can be produced up to 16,000 …

Thailand’s total number of Covid-19 patients rose to 2,613 with 34 new cases confirmed over a 24-hour period, and one more death, Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, as of April 14, 2020. This compares with 54 new cases on Thursday, 50 on Friday, 45 on Saturday, 33 on Sunday and 28 on Monday. He …

Qatar is persistent to complete building projects ahead of World Cup 2022. However, there are growing group of Southeast Asian workers who seem to be frontliners in the alarming pandemic, COVID-19. As this pandemic works its way through the country, which now has more than 2,000 confirmed cases, the crowded living spaces of migrant workers and lack of access to …

Three survivors of COVID-19 donated blood to Philippine General Hospital for an experimental procedure to support patients with serious coronavirus symptoms. Seafarer Ian Ceasar Frias and nurses Kai Soriano and Galey Arranz went through the apheresis blood donation process, where convalescent plasma was collected from donors, at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine’s Paz Mendoza Hall in Manila. …