The Covid-19 is a health crisis that poses a significant threat to the ASEAN region due to region’s geographical proximity to China (then epicenter). The massive impact of the outbreak has brought unprecendented issue in South East Asia unlike anything they faced before. The best way for the Asean to deal with the pandemic is to stand united as the …

Thailand’s Energy Policy and Planning Office is preparing to roll out the final stage of its development plan as natural gas depletes in the Gulf.  Vying to steer the industry towards value-added products as natural gas in the Gulf of Thailand nears depletion. Eppo hired the Petroleum Institute of Thailand (PTIT) to conduct a feasibility study for the plan. A …

SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has registered 741 new coronavirus infections, taking the total cases to 20,939. Out of these cases, majority are involving foreign workers residing in dormitories and five Singaporeans and permanent residents More than 50 clusters were linked to the foreign workers living in dormitories. Out of 323,000 migrant workers living in dormitories, 17,757 has …

PHNOM PENH – The Ministry of Health confirmed zero Covid-19 cases for 24 days in a row, keeping the national count at 122 since Monday evening, with no deaths. 51 Cambodians, 40 French, 13 Malaysians, 5 British, 3 Chinese, 3 Vietnamese, 2 Americans, 2 Indonesians, 2 Canadians, and one Belgian were among the recorded cases. No new recovered patient was …

TAWAU – Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Zaini Jass urged over 300 Sabah tabligh participants attented the tabligh gathering from  Feb 23 to March 1 to undergo Covid-19 screening test. Zaini said that they were able to track down 1,000 individuals, 700 of which undergone screening. “We tracking down another 300 individuals. We urge them to go to the Ministry of …

KUALA LUMPUR – A 60-year-old pastor from Sarawak has become the first fatality of Covid19 in Malaysia, the secretariat for Sarawak’s state disaster management committee said on Tuesday (Mar 17). The victim is Pastor David Cheng from Emmanuel Baptist Church. He passed away at 11am at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). The comittee said in a statement that the state Health …

KUALA LUMPUR- The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a report today that one patient, the 87th case, has recovered and already discharged from the hospital. It also said that, “To date, 25 people have fully recovered and have been discharged,” While there are new twelve cases confirmed, making it a total of 129 in the country. According to the …

PUTRAJAYA  – Amid the Covid19 outbreak in the country, the Health Ministry in cooperation with private medical providers and hospitals, has launched a home-based sampling service. In a press conference on ‘Uberisation: Home Sampling COVID-19’, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Health director-general, shared the news that the Ministry of Health has no barriers for those who want to get the …

KOTA BARU – Kelantan health department director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin said that a total of 18 Chinese nationals working in  East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and some also from development site and gold mining project were quarantined at their respective place of residency after coming home to Malaysia separately, with the final returnee arriving on Feb 28.  This is …

KUALA LUMPUR – Considering the danger of the contagious Covid19 around the nation, PKR treasurer-general Lee Chean Chung demands PM Muhyiddin to appoint Cabinet positions for the health minister and deputy prime minister.  In a statement released today, the Semambu assemblyman emphasized that Malaysia has experienced a spike of cases—from 53 to 81 in a single day.  According to Lee, …