The Thai Trade Centre (TTC) in Hong Kong said the price of Thai jasmine rice in the city has risen after people began hoarding supplies, while the import of Thai rice to Hong Kong rose by 2 to 3 tonnes in the first quarter of the year. Chanunpat Pisanapipong, executive director of TTC in Hong Kong, said the pandemic and …

Port workers in the Philippines were instructed to allow travelers to and from Taiwan to enter and leave, stated by the Immigration Bureau (BI). The order came after the lifting of the travel ban from and to Taiwan by the Philippines to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease in 2019. According to the BI, the lifting of the ban also …

The toll has now surpassed the number of people who died in mainland China and Hong Kong during the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, after another 81 people succumbed to the illness in central Hubei province. More than 34,000 people have been infected in China by the new strain, which is believed to have emerged in a market that sold exotic animals …

The Department of Health (DOH) reported the Philippines ‘ third case of novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection. The patient was a Chinese female citizen who was 60 years old. She arrived from Wuhan, China via Hong Kong in Cebu City last January 20, under-secretary of health Eric Domingo said in a press conference. Then the patient went straight towards Bohol, he …