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Health

“UAE Got What it Takes to Enhance the COVID-19 Testing by Drive Thru”

By Desk Writer
April 1, 2020
in :  Health, World

This is the age for innovation and discovery of fastest technology that will serve as a treatment to everyone’s need. Here’s what the United Arab Emirates got when they finally opened a drive-through coronavirus test facility as part of efforts by the Gulf state to counter the disease. It was implemented by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed …

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Philippines

“ The Rise of Dalgona Coffee in the midst of Quarantine”

By Desk Writer
March 31, 2020
in :  Philippines

Social distancing has motivated people to find ways to have fun at home. For others, it is trying out every recipe in the new Nothing Fancy cookbook from Alison Roman, and for others, it is dropping down a rabbit hole in social media and discovering the most relaxing and enjoyable food material to watch and recreate. That’s where the new …

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Philippines

“A Limit of Book Operation Due to the Impact of COVID-19 ”

By Desk Writer
March 31, 2020
in :  Philippines

Books usually take years to print and money before they need to be published and sold to retail; readers need to purchase them. And now, Philippine publishing industry is like a book trapped by the latest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on just one line. The impact started before the enhanced group quarantine (ECQ). Adarna House president, Asa Montenejo expressed her decision …

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Malaysia

South Jakarta deploys drone in war vs. Covid-19

By Desk Writer
March 28, 2020
in :  Malaysia

JAKARTA – The South Jakarta City Government deployed drones equiped with disinfectant liquid to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Their aim is to disinfect the protocol road stretching from the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD) to the Pemuda Statue, South Jakarta The Argos drone can carry up to 16 liters of disinfectant liquid and will assist the Indonesian Air …

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Health

New prisoners put in isolation wards nationwide

By Desk Writer
March 27, 2020
in :  Health, Philippines

Newly arrived inmates at prisons nationwide will be placed in isolation units for 14 days and undergo a health check before they can be assigned to cells, according to Pol Col Naras Savestanan, director-general of the Corrections Department. He said yesterday it must be assumed first that all new inmates as well as those who left the prisons briefly to …

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Health

What is chloroquine and could it cure the coronavirus?

By Desk Writer
March 27, 2020
in :  Health, Thailand

Around the world, countries are expanding access to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ), related compounds that are synthetic forms of quinine, which comes from cinchona trees and has been used for centuries to treat malaria. HQ which is the less toxic of the two, is also used as an anti-inflammatory to treat conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, purposes it …

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Philippines

“A Plead for Rule Changes in Facing Nationwide Shortage of Ethanol”

By Desk Writer
March 27, 2020
in :  Philippines

As hospitals and nursing homes are urgently searching for a hand sanitizer in the midst of coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are stopping ethanol manufacturers from producing millions of gallons of alcohol that could be converted into a mixture of germ-killing. The roadblock of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has irritated the pharmaceutical and ethanol industries which have called for …

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Philippines

“Online Gaming Waves during Quarantine”

By Desk Writer
March 27, 2020
in :  Philippines

Before the coronavirus pandemic saw the cancelation of their La Liga match, two Spanish footballers took care of “FIFA 20,” a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online. The massive digital crowd is part of a remarkable boom for the digital gaming industry, as large numbers flock to online platforms for relaxation, entertainment and interaction with the “real world” suddenly falling apart. …

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Malaysia

MCO extended: Malaysians are finally willing to stay at home

By Desk Writer
March 26, 2020
in :  Malaysia

After a week when the Movement Control Order (MCO) was announced, it has been reported that Malaysians come to respect the orders of social distancing in hopes to control the Covid-19 outrebreak. The authorities finally sees the positive developments that they have been hopint to obtain out of their implementation effors. Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said during …

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Malaysia

Pahang civil servants take a pay cut for Covid-19 funds

By Desk Writer
March 26, 2020
in :  Malaysia

KUANTAN – Pahang civil servants are ready to take a salary cut for two months to contribute to  those affected by the movement control order, says State Secretary Datuk Seri Dr Sallehuddin Ishak. He said that estimated 10,000 civil servants are united to do their part and served those severly affected by the spread of Covid-19 such as food sellers, …

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