As the Asean states deploy all possible instruments to fight the pandemic, More than half the nations in the region have reached out to Vietnam for donations of protective personal equipment (PPE), such as medical suits and masks. A sign that the region is fighting the impulse to hoard shipment of medical supplies out of their borders. Vietnam has donated …

After discovering two more cases of coronavirus disease in the country in 2019 (COVID-19), the public will refrain from panic-buying face masks, Health Secretary Francsico Duque III said Friday. His recall came after he revealed that one of the two recent confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country was an elderly man with no travel history abroad. On the other …