COVID-19 THE “PLAGUE”: Day 128: VIENTIANE, Laos- Some shops still open, don’t care about preventing Covid-19
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COVID-19 UPDATES:
Worldwide, the disease, which originated from Hubei, China, has infected over 1 million people in more than 180 countries and territories with the global death toll standing at 53,146 although 211,615 were able to recover.
Latest data from the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center showed the US has over 245,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, more than 6,053 deaths and 9,148 recoveries.
Worldwide, the disease, which originated from Hubei, China, has infected over 1 million people in more than 180 countries and territories. Global death toll currently stands at 53, 146 although 211, 615 were able to recover.
The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses named the novel coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2 or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It causes mild symptoms such as fever and cough for most people but can cause serious illness such as pneumonia for others, especially older adults and people with existing health problems.
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To date, Malaysia has the highest number of COVID-19 infection in Southeast Asia, based on the collation of the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center, with reported 3,116 COVID-19 cases, 50 of whom have died while 767 have recovered.
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Brunei records two new COVID-19 cases, four more recover
Brunei Darussalam continues to record a low number of COVID-19 cases, with only two new confirmed cases yesterday, bringing the current total to 133 people. The latest developments of the COVID-19 situation in the country were highlighted at a press conference yesterday by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia- Case Breakdown – As of 02 April 2020
As supplied to Khmer Times, this is the current breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Cambodia up to 09:30 am on 02/04/2020.
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As always, we will be keeping you up to date with the latest stories, as they happen, about the current situation with COVID-19 in Cambodia and the world
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VIENTIANE, Laos- Some shops still open, don’t care about preventing Covid-19
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Some entertainment venues, karaoke shops and massage parlours in Vientiane continue to be open to service customers and authority must do more and use strict measures against people who don’t respect orders to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The government is working harder to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and authorities have ordered the closure of entertainment venues, karaoke shops and massage parlours nationwide as part of measures to combat the virus. In Vientiane, authorities ordered the closure of such outlets on March 18.
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JAKARTA- Indonesia has 1,677 coronavirus cases by Wednesday, 157 deaths and only 103 recoveries as it – Releases 30,000 Prisoners as Covid-19 Cases Double in a Week-
Jakarta. The Justice and Human Rights Ministry passed a new decree on Thursday allowing the release of 30,000 prisoners, including juvenile delinquents, to avoid mass coronavirus infections in Indonesia’s overcrowded jails.
“We are trying to suppress the spread of Covid-19 in our prison system,” Nugroho, the acting director-general for correctional facilities, said on Wednesday.
“The inmates are vulnerable because most of them share a cell. The risk of contagion is high since our jails are overcrowded,” he said.
Indonesia has 1,677 coronavirus cases by Wednesday, almost double the number a week ago. There have been 157 deaths and only 103 recoveries.
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They have also installed handwashing facilities and disinfectant chambers and distributed hand sanitizers to the inmates. / BY :NUR YASMIN
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YANGON- Myanmar reports four new COVID-19 patients
This story has been updated on 9:46pm on April 2.
Update: A family of four, including an eight-year-old girl, in Paukkhaung township in Bago Region has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
The newest victims were husband, son, daughter and niece of the 45-year-old medical worker who tested positive for the disease earlier this week.
The four victims were among the more than 20 people, including four legislators, who met with the medical worker during her visit to Pauk Khaung last Saturday,
U Tun Tun Oo, the minister of Immigration and Human Resource Department of Bago region, said the four legislators are quarantined for 14 days at home.
He said the four patients were moved to isolation center at Pyay General Hospital late Thursday, adding that all those people who met with the infected medical worker have been transferred to a quarantine centre.
U Tun Tun Oo added the families of the people who met with the medical workers have been placed under home quarantine.
“The office of general administration department, as well as the places which the medical worker and her family went have been closed and being disinfected.”
The latest cases brought to 20 the total number of people infected with the virus in the country. One patient died last Tuesday.
U Win Myint Chit, an Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) legislator from Pauk Khaung township said, when the medical worker met with over 20 people on Saturday, she was wearing a face mask.
“Those who attended the meeting were three feet from each other,” U Win Myint Chit said./ AUNG PHAY KYI SOE, YU WAI 02 APR 2020
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YANGON, Myanmar- Seventeen hospital workers quarantined
Seventeen health workers at North Okkalapa Hospital who had close contact with a 63-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 have been placed under quarantine, a Health Ministry spokesperson said.
Dr. Khin Khin Gyi said the hospital personnel are quarantined at a residence in North Okkalapa township. “No patients are included. There are only staff,” she said.
Authorities declined to comment on stories spreading on social media that the patient, who is the latest to be confirmed with COVID-19 in the country, lied to medical personnel when asked if she had any contact with people returning from abroad.
The woman went to Yangon International Airport to meet her son who was returning from Dubai on March 15. She is Myanmar’s 16th COVID-19 patient. The country confirmed its first death from the virus on Tuesday.
According to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, the pneumonia-like virus has killed over 48,200 people and infected over 951,900 in 180 countries. More than 202,000 patients have recovered from the disease. / 03 APR 2020
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MANILA- Philippines ranked second in terms of COVID-19 infections in the region with 2,633 confirmed cases. Of the number, 107 have died while 51 recovered.
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55 Filipinos in Malaysia test positive for coronavirus — envoy
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia Charles Jose reported Friday that 55 Filipinos in the Southeast Asian country have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
According to Jose, all but one of the COVID-19 infected Filipinos arrived from the Philippines to attend a Muslim convention in Selangor.
Of the 55 Filipinos, nine have already been discharged, while the remaining 46 are still undergoing treatment.
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MANILA, Philippines- Coronavirus hits 32 Filipinos in Singapore
MANILA, Philippines —The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has so far infected 32 Filipinos in Singapore, with 26 of them still under medical care, the Philippine Embassy in the Southeast Asian city-state said.
In an update on its Facebook page Thursday, the embassy said the 26 Filipinos patients remain admitted in hospitals while six patients have already recovered or have been discharged.
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According to the embassy, violators may face the cancelation of their work passes.
“Paaalisin ng MOM (Ministry of Manpower) ang mga grupong hindi sumusunod sa tamang bilang at paiigtingin nila ang inspeksyon sa mga lugar. Maaaring makansela ang work pass ng mga hindi sususnod sa patakaran,” it said.
(The MOM will ask groups not heeding to the protocols during inspections to leave. Those who will not obey may have their work pass canceled).
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7 Filipinos in New York die of COVID-19, ‘several dozens more’ infected
MANILA, Philippines — At least seven Filipinos in New York City in the United States have died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
In a virtual press briefing, Philippine Consul General in New York City Claro Cristobal said that “several dozen” more Filipinos were infected by the respiratory disease in the US city.
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Filipinos who wish to ask for assistance from the Philippine Embassy may reach them through its official Facebook account and website, Cristobal said.By: Darryl John Esguerra – Reporter INQUIRER.net
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SINGAPORE- 49 new coronavirus cases in S’pore; 3 new clusters at Mustafa Centre, Maxwell station worksite and Keppel Shipyar
SINGAPORE – There were 49 new coronavirus cases in Singapore on Thursday (April 2), said the Ministry of Health (MOH), with three new clusters.
They are at Mustafa Centre, a construction site at Maxwell MRT station and Keppel Shipyard.
Of the 49 new cases, 41 are local cases and eight are imported. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 1,049.
Of the local cases, 26 are linked to previous cases and clusters while 15 are currently unlinked.
In all, 21 cases were discharged from hospitals and community isolation facilities, with the number of those recovered now stands at 266.
Of the 464 confirmed cases who are still in hospital, most are stable or improving.
There are 23 patients in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
There are also 315 cases who are clinically well being isolated at Concord International Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital and the Community Isolation Facility at D’Resort NTUC because they still test positive.
Among the new cases is a teacher at My First Skool in Rivervale Crescent. The Early Childhood Development Agency said the centre will be closed for cleaning from Friday to April 14.
A total of 11 cases – including those announced earlier – have been linked to the Mustafa Centre cluster. Five cases are linked to the Maxwell MRT station construction site, and three to Keppel Shipyard.
Ten of Thursday’s cases were linked to other clusters, including two SingPost Centre employees.
In a statement, SingPost said that the cluster began when a contractor reported to work on March 19 while on medical leave. He later tested positive for the virus.
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Between March 27 and Thursday, seven SingPost employees came down with the virus and dozens more were quarantined as a precaution.
“This underscores the importance of staying at home and avoiding social interactions if unwell,” said Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran. “Exercising social responsibility is key to our collective effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Singapore.”
In a separate statement, Keppel Shipyard said that around 100 staff have been put on leave of absence as a precaution after two employees were diagnosed with the virus. It has also closed parts of its Tuas yard.
One of Thursday’s cases is a 26-year-old Singaporean who had been in India from March 2 to 18. She works as a healthcare attendant at the Institute of Mental Health, but had not gone to work since she began having symptoms on March 20.
She was confirmed to have the virus Wednesday.
MOH also gave an update on a case announced on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Bangladeshi national, a long-term pass holder with no travel history to affected countries or regions, reported symptoms on March 28.
He was confirmed to have the virus on Tuesday. The man is a contractor working on the installation of toilet facilities in Sengkang General Hospital. Before he was admitted to the hospital, he had gone to work but not interacted with patients.
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BANGKOK, Thaland- 103 new Covid cases, 4 new deaths
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HA NOI, Viet Nam- Six new COVID-19 cases announced Friday morning, VN’s tally stands at 233
HÀ NỘI — The health ministry early Friday announced six new COVID-19 cases – including five Vietnamese returning from overseas and one related to Trường Sinh company-Bạch Mai Hospital cluster, pushing the country’s accumulative number of cases to 233.
The five imported cases were all quarantined as soon as they passed through immigration so there are no risks of community transmission.
Patient 228 is a 29-year-old man with a registered address in the northern province of Bắc Giang, who returned to Việt Nam on March 20.
He is being treated and quarantined at Cầu Yên general medicine clinic in Ninh Bình Province.
Patient 229 and 230 are 28 and 30-year-old women from the central province of Hà Tĩnh, who both also arrived into Việt Nam on March 20. They were immediately transferred to concentrated quarantine site run by 241st Brigade in Ninh Bình Province after their immigration process was completed.
They are currently being treated at Ninh Bình Province’s General Hospital.
Patient 232 is from the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu. He returned to Việt Nam on Aeroflot’s flight SU290 departing from Moscow, Russia, arriving in the country on March 27.
He is receiving treatment at Campus No.2 of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in the outlying district of Đông Anh, Hà Nội.
Patient 233 is a 24-year-old woman from the central province of Hà Tĩnh, who returned to Việt Nam on the same flight as the 232nd patient. She is also being treated at Campus No.2 of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases.
Patient 231, a 57-year-old woman residing in Na Rì District of the northern mountainous Bắc Kan Province, is an employee of Trường Sinh Company, which provides logistics and food catering services for a number of hospitals in the northern region and is a major cluster of SARS-CoV-2 positive cases. She is currently being treated in Hà Nam Province General Hospital.
So far, more than 27 confirmed cases have been discovered related to the company, with the first found in the top tertiary referral Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội, resulting in a major clean-up operation, halting of examination and treatment activities, quarantine of a large number of doctors and nurses, as well as rushed attempts to identify all those infected.
By 6am Friday, 75 COVID-19 patients in Việt Nam have recovered while 4,557 suspected cases are being monitored.
Seven more patients in Bình Thuận Province are expected to be released from hospital care today after three virus tests came back negative.
72,942 people – who either have had close contact with the confirmed positive cases or returning to Việt Nam from virus-hit regions –are being placed under home isolation or concentrated quarantine. — VNS
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