Indonesia’s administration has given another guideline on speculation following the section of its work creation law a year ago that remembers the evacuation of certain limitations for unfamiliar venture, in an offer to support interest in its pandemic-hit economy. The new guidelines for the law, regularly alluded to as the “omnibus law” since it changes in excess of 70 laws, …
The Covid-19 task force of Thailand agreed to loosen restrictions across the country to allow companies and schools to restart operations in most regions as the largest coronavirus wave to reach the nation eased. A panel meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, welcomed a proposal to reduce the number of provinces designated as high-risk areas to five from 28 …
METRO MANILA – Filipinos who are travelling to Taiwan will no longer be forced to complete their 14-day self-isolation in a government facilities upon their arrival in lieu of the declining rate of Covid-19 cases in the country. According to Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center, starting November 9, all asymptomatic travelers from the Philippines can complete their two weeks self-isolation …
HANOI – Vietnam and Japan have formally agreed to implement a new policy that will allow certain groups from one country to enter another without undergoing the usual mandatory 14-day quarantine. According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the new policy will be taking effect starting November 1. after an agreement was reached during the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide …
KUALA LUMPUR – The federal government has decided to re-imposed the conditional movement control order (CMCO) for the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and Selangor state for two weeks starting October 14. According to Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the decision to reimpose the CMCO came after the Health Ministry recommended the movement control following the …
METRO MANILA – In a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and other Cabinet members, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that the proposal to reduced the distance between commuters in public utility vehicles (PUVs) ‘dangerous’ and should be thoroughly studied. Año said that face shields and face mask can only mitigate the spread of the virus but distance will still be …
MANILA – The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has recommended the extension of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) amid the increasing confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country. According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, President Duterte approved the recommendation of the University …
BANGKOK – The streets of Bangkok has returned to business as usual with people resuming their exercise routines in parks, getting haircuts at salons and dining out in restaurants as Thailand begins to ease restrictions on Sunday due to the low cases of new Covid-19 infections reported in the past week. Businesses such as small retailers, street food stalls and …
The Public Health Ministry has come up with a plan on lifting restrictions on some businesses in 32 provinces, which will be submitted to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for consideration. Kamnuan Ungchusak, an adviser to the public health minister on the Covid-19 outbreak, said at a meeting with related agencies, it was agreed that the measures should …
SHAH ALAM – The police forces may be asking for water and electricity bills to verify that an individual is travelling within a 10km radius from his or her place of residence. According to the Selangor contingent police headquarters Spokesman Ismail Muslim, the new restrictions are part of the 2nd phase of movement control order (MCO) that prevents citizens to …
