COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Day 125: UPDATE- ASIA-AUS: JAKARTA- Experts Project Tsunami-Level Death Toll as Indonesia’s Covid-19 Cases Rise
A nurse prepares medical devices in an isolation room at Bung Karno General Hospital in Solo, Central Java, last week. (Antara photo/Mohammad Ayudha)
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ASEAN COVID-19 UPDATE:
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Brunei-One new COVID-19 case, four more discharged
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Brunei Darussalam recorded only one new COVID-19 case yesterday, bringing the total cases in the country to 127.
In a press conference at the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday, Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar said, “Case 127 is a three-year-old boy, who is the son of Case 120. The child does not have any recent history of travel abroad, and started to develop a fever on March 21.”
The minister continued, “Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Allah the Almighty, four more cases were confirmed today to have recovered and permitted to go home. This means that 38 patients made a recovery, and that 88 cases are currently receiving treatment at the centre.”
He also revealed that one of the patients previously under close observation is in a critical state and in need of a ventilator at the intensive care unit (ICU). “This brings the total of patients in a critical state to three. One patient is currently under close observation, while the rest are in stable condition.”
The minister highlighted that four out of nine remaining members returned to Brunei from Kuala Lumpur on March 29. They tested positive for COVID-19 while in Kuala Lumpur, and underwent treatment there.
“However, the Ministry of Health will continue to monitor their well-being, to make sure that they will continue to be in stable condition, based on their risk assessments,” he said.
Currently, there are 829 individuals undergoing quarantine in accordance to the Infectious Disease Act, Chapter 204, while 1,389 people have successfully completed quarantine and are in good condition.
Since early January, 5,980 laboratory tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in Brunei.
To date, 531 individuals, including 346 students, have registered to carry out mandatory self-isolation in their homes, after arriving in the country from overseas.
“The majority of those under self-isolation have come forward for COVID-19 tests. Those who have yet to undergo testing are urged to go immediately to the Sports Complex of the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital,” said the minister.
According to healthinfo.gov.bn, the breakdown of cases according to districts shows 102 cases in the Brunei-Muara District, 21 in the Belait District and four in the Tutong District. There are no cases in Temburong District.
For information, visit the MoH’s website at moh.gov.bn, or contact the Health Advice Line at 148./ James Kon
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia- COVID-19 patients soar to 109 in Cambodia
The Health Ministry has identified two new positive cases of COVID-19 in Siem Reap province, raising the Kingdom’s tally to 109.
The ministry issued a statement today saying that there are two new COVID-19 patients–a 39-year-old woman and her 12-year-old son.
It said that the woman is the wife of a 40-year-old infected man who recently returned from religious congregation in Malaysia.
“The mother and her son are receiving a medical treatment at provincial referral hospital,” the ministry said, noting that her two other children and father-in-law tested negative for COVID-19./ Khuon Narim / Khmer Times Share:
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VIENTIANE, Laos – Media release, the committee confirmed another Covid-19 case on Tuesday, lifting the number of cases in Laos from only two last week to nine.
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According to the media release, the committee confirmed another Covid-19 case on Tuesday, lifting the number of cases in Laos from only two last week to nine. The situation provided a strong signal for the government, relevant authorities and people nationwide to join hands against Covid-19.
The additional case was discovered following the testing of 64 suspected samples. Of this number, only one test returned positive. Over the past several days, the committee tested 364 suspected cases. The latest case involved a 22-year-old woman from Phonphanao village, Xaysettha district, Vientiane. At present, she is being treated at Mittaphab Hospital in the capital.
The patient was described as having mild Covid-19 symptoms, such as fever, cough, runny nose. She was still able to help herself while being treated in the hospital.
Of the nine infected people, six are being cared for at Mittaphab Hospital while the other three are being treated in Luang Prabang Hospital.
On top of providing treatment to patients, Associate Prof Dr Phouthone said the government was paying attention to screening people travelling into the country. About 3,122 entered Laos on March 29. Of this number, 2,141 entered Laos by land across the Mekong border. Some four of these incoming people were found with fever.
The number of Covid-19 cases globally saw an increase of 3,627 on March 29. The total accumulated cases were 662,643 with 30,845 deaths reported and 141,945 have recovered from the illness. By Ekaphone Phouthonesy
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JAKARTA- Experts Project Tsunami-Level Death Toll as Indonesia’s Covid-19 Cases Rise
A nurse prepares medical devices in an isolation room at Bung Karno General Hospital in Solo, Central Java, last week. (Antara photo/Mohammad Ayudha)
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Jakarta. Half-hearted measures from the government in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic is likely to result in a death toll that is comparable to Indonesia’s worst tsunami disaster in modern times, a report from the University of Indonesia showed over the weekend.
The country has confirmed 1,285 Covid-19 cases on Sunday and a death toll of 114, almost double the number of patients that had recovered of 64 people. At that rate, Indonesia’s death toll was among the highest in the world.
That could worsen in the next couple of months. With the mild social interventions, like limiting mass gathering and voluntary physical distancing, Indonesia could see around 1.7 million people infected by the SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that caused the Covid-19 disease, by May, according to the report.
Also, under the mild intervention scenario, more than 144,000 people would die, the report projected. In comparison, the Aceh tsunami in 2004 claimed more than 167,000 lives in Indonesia.
“What we feared most is that our health system cannot cope with the pandemic,” Iwan Ariawan, a biostatistics lecturer at the University of Indonesia’s public health school, told Beritasatu TV.
“In this regard, the number of our hospitals, hospital beds, ICU [intensive care units], ventilators, and isolation rooms, would not be adequate if we do not implement the proper intervention,” Iwan said.
As of last Tuesday, Indonesia only has 8,158 ventilators, 4,155 oxygen tubes, 2,032 isolated emergency rooms, 1,477 isolated inpatient rooms, 1,062 isolated ICUs, and 157 isolated rooms equipped with ventilators.
The team also based its model on available data that suggest 50 percent of Indonesians did not wash hand properly and assumed the onset of Covid-19 disease was in early February, a month earlier than the first cases confirmed by the government.
The model did not account for the impact of medicine and hospitalization to reduce the death toll, and for the fact that 66 percent of Indonesians were smoker, a known risk factor for Covid-19.
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The government reported 1,414 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Monday, an increase of 129 from yesterday, with 122 deaths overall.
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KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia confirms 156 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (CNA) – Malaysia has confirmed 156 more COVID-19 cases, making the total number of people to test positive as of Monday 2,626.
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TOKYO- Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirus
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of the virus.
His death, late on Sunday (March 29), set off widespread grief among fans.
Shimura, 70, one of Japan’s best-known comedians with a career dating back to the early 1970s, reportedly had lung cancer surgery in 2016. He developed a fever and respiratory problems on March 19 and was hospitalised, media said.
READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-comedian-ken-shimura-dies-from-coronavirus-report
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Japan on Sunday confirmed 68 new cases in Tokyo alone, a record daily increase for the capital, taking the country’s overall tally to more than 1,800 infections, with 55 deaths as of Sunday afternoon, excluding 712 cases and 10 deaths from a cruise ship that was moored near Tokyo last month, NHK said.
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