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. …

Pharmacies, grocery stores, and banks are also open during this strengthened Public quarantine. You’ll have to go out when stocks need urgent restocking. Since COVID-19 is an invisible, indiscriminate threat. Filipinos need to be diligent about keeping ourselves safe and healthy. If it’s an emergency, someone can go out. Only one person is allowed out of their home per household. …

There is a substantial decline in crime rates, violations, and disruption of community order as well as the security situation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was confirmed by National Police spokesman Sr Commissioner Asep Adi Saputra at Graha BNPB, Jakarta, on Thursday, April 9. “The community order and security situation are, in general, conducive,” Saputra stated. Saputra expounded, number of …

Regional administrations will be allowed to apply large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). This is because the COVID-19 Task Force has evaluated the physical distancing policy to be ineffective due to its reliance on individual discipline. Therefore, The Indonesian Government sees the application of the PSBB by regional governments as a better alternative to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. “The …

The Riau provincial administration pay attention to medical workers who treats patients contracting the novel coronavirus disease or COVID-19. The Riau administration provided an allowance of Rp2 million per day for each of them. “They will be given an incentive of Rp2 million per day,” said the Secretary of Riau administration, Yan Prana Jaya, in a written statement in Pekanbaru …

The city’s underprivileged residents will receive staple foodstuffs or ‘sembako’ that distributed by the Jakarta administration. This step taken by the Jakarta administration to help them that are financially-affected by the regulations concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The distribution of staple foodstuffs will be completed before the city’s large-scale social restriction (PSBB) protocol is imposed on Friday. “The Jakarta administration …

As many 1,266 hotels has closed their operations due to being impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia. This report has been received and confirmed by Chief of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Hariyadi Sukamdani. Then the hotel employees itself were asked to take leave. “The latest report declared that 1,266 hotels have closed as of yesterday afternoon, …

Rapid tests have been being used to recognize people that get infected by the new coronavirus (Covid-19). However, currently the nation’s COVID-19 task force will administer more polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which are believed to be more accurate than rapid tests. “It turns out that not all rapid tests are effective,” the task force’s head, Doni Monardo, said during …

NEW YORK – A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the new coronavirus. A first  case of a human infecting an animal in the United States, the zoo said on Sunday. The Malayan Tiger named Nadia was tested positive for Covid-19 after showing symptoms of dry cough late last month after exposure to …

Tanah Abang Market management introduced this morning that the market which is one in all Southeast Asia’s busiest textile marketplace will remain closed following the extension of the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency period. Perumda Pasar Jaya president-director Arief Nasrudin says that the Tanah Abang reopening scheduled to take area on April 6 has temporarily been extended to April 19. The transient …