KOTA KINABALU – Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) representative confirmed that Former Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal has not been infected by the Covid-19 virus. The comment came in as a response to a WhatsApp post being circulated online regarding a ‘Dr’ had confirmed that Warisan president Shafie and vice-president Datuk Jaujan Sambakong was tested positive for the …

METRO MANILA – Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has recovered from the coronavirus disease COVID-19, the Pontificio Collegio Filippino announced on Wednesday. The recovery was announced almost 2 weeks after  the cardinal contracted the virus. He was assymptomatic and went on a self-quarantine. According to Fr. Gregory Gaston, PCF Rector, The Tagle’s brings great joy for the whole church. He …

After latest laboratory tests showed what a 35-year-old Thai woman who completed 14-day quarantine had was a Covid-19 antibody, health authorities have allayed fears of Covid-19 transmissions. Dr Taweeslip Visanuyothin, spokesperson for the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CSSA), a team of doctors from Ramathibodi Hospital and the Disease Control Department, announced the woman’s test results. Dr Surasak Leela-Udomlipi, Ramathibodi …

KUALA LUMPUR – Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial, Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram has been tested negative for the Covid-19. “I am certified clean. I’m perfectly fine,” Sri Ram said in a text message with Bernama. Sri Ram also confirmed that there are no updates on whether the …

South Korean health authorities said a religious sect leader tested negative for coronavirus on Tuesday after being taken to a “drive-through” test site late Monday in the midst of criticism over how his church became the outbreak’s nucleus. Lee Man-hee, who created the Shincheonji Church of Jesus and headed it, apologised on Monday and called the outbreak a “great calamity,” …

As many 104 specimens from suspected coronavirus patients, it was reported that nearly all of them tested negative. This was stated by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy that got confirmed from the government’s health officials that had analyzed those number of patients. “There have been 104 specimens or samples based on the Health Ministry’s directorate-general from …

KUALA LUMPUR – A 63-year-old man from China, the 10th person infected with the novel coronavirus (nCoV-2019) has fully recovered and expected to be discharged from the hospital today Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the Chinese national has been treated at Hospital Kuala Lumpur and was given a clean bill of health after having his test …

Thirty persons under investigation (PUIs) in the Philippines have tested negative for the deadly virus based on confirmatory tests for potential novel coronavirus infection. Duque said the country has reported 80 PUIs so far — including the first two confirmed cases, the 30 that tested negative and 48 others that are pending laboratory test results. The increase in the number …