ASEAN – Ukraine is urging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to halt discussions with Russia while the country’s conflict, which has killed over 3,000 people, continues. “We feel that international isolation of Russia is critical. Russia should be removed from the Asean strategic alliance “In an interview in Makati City on Thursday, Ukrainian Ambassador to the Philippines Olexander …

In one of the worst coronavirus-hit areas in Indonesia there are grassroots campaign that aims to help alleviate a health crisis in the nation where hospitals are struggling to cope as patient numbers increase. Last month, in Yogyakarta, a province in Java, Sonjo, a WhatsApp community organization tapped its personal network to help the district government transform a disused hospital …

As the number of cases continues to increase, the Jakarta administration will implement controlled isolation for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to minimize the spread of the virus. The designated places to handle the asymptomatic patients included public facilities such as the former athletes village in Kemayoran, now an emergency hospital for COVID-19 patients in Central Jakarta, Jakarta Health Agency head Widyastuti …

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 …

Local officials have been instructed to keep track of people returning from Bangkok and nearby provinces and ensure they go into 14-day self-isolation, to help stem the coronavirus epidemic, as a 6th infection was confirmed in the province. Governor Wichian Chantaranothai said on Tuesday the 6th patient was a 38-year-old man who caught the virus from the 5th patient, a …

Authorities scrambled on Friday to ease worries about new self-quarantine measures for arrivals from six virus-hit countries and territories, a day after announcing compulsory isolation. But confusion persists over whether the government is ordering or merely “recommending” self-quarantine for 14 days, with punishment for travellers who ignore the “advice”. Public Health Ministry spokesman Rungrueng Kiphati told Reuters on Thursday that …