COVID-19 THE “PLAGUE”: Day 135: ASIA UPDATES- HA NOI, Viet Nam- Sixteen COVID-19 patients recover across country, total at 144
British and a Vietnamese patients are discharged from the Củ Chi field hospital in HCM City on Friday morning. — Photo courtesy of the hospital
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BRUNEI- No new COVID-19 cases in Brunei
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KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia reports 109 new coronavirus cases with 2 new deaths (Updated)
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is not out of the words yet in the fight against Covid-19 despite registering the lowest number of infections, 109 cases, today, said Health Ministry director-general Datuk Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix).
He said research by JP Morgan, World Health Organisation and Malaysian Institute of Economic Research indicates that we will hit the peak of infection in a week or two.
He said the total number of cases was 4,228 but the good news was that 121 people were discharged.
“This is the second day running that the number of infected cases is lower than the number of people discharged,” he said in a press conference today.
He said 72 patients are being treated in the intensive care units, with 43 in need of ventilators to help them breath.
“There were two deaths bringing the total number to 67 and one of the deaths involves the youngest patient in the country, aged 23.
“The patient already had an underlying problem, thyroid. He was only admitted to hospital when he had reached stage four of the virus infection on March 30.
“The patient had close contact with two positive cases, number 2,469 and 2,470, from the Kuching Church cluster,“ Noor Hisham said.
He said the ministry is taking the approach of detecting the infection to the lowest level as it had done at City One Condominium, Selangor Mansion and Malayan Mansion.
He said this will allow health personnel to detect the people the 15 who were infected came into close contact with.
Noor Hisham advised the public to continue to practice health safety measures such as properly washing hands even when at home./ RAJVINDER SINGH /
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DFA: COVID-19 now infects over 600 Filipinos abroad; death toll rises to 72
MANILA, Philippines — Some 607 Filipinos overseas have now contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, as the number of fatalities increased to 72.
According to DFA, 13 more Filipinos abroad became infected while four others have died.
Meanwhile, 364 overseas Filipinos are undergoing treatment while 171 were able to recover.
“While it is still early to claim success, reports today record yet another reduction in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among our kababayan abroad at 13 cases from the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe; of which 7 have recovered and 4 [have died],” DFA said.
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No new cases have been reported in the Middle East, it also noted.
In the Philippines, the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 4,076, including 203 fatalities and 124 recoveries, as of Thursday afternoon.
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SINGAPORE- Record 287 new Covid-19 cases in S’pore, links found between Mustafa Centre and clusters in foreign worker dormitories
SINGAPORE – Singapore saw a sharp spike of 287 coronavirus cases on Thursday (April 9), with the majority linked to foreign worker dormitories.
This is the highest daily number reported to date and brings the total number of cases here to 1,910, as the global number of cases crossed the 1.5 million mark.
Preliminary investigations have linked the cluster at Mustafa Centre with clusters at the construction site at Project Glory and five dormitories.
Associate Professor Mak said the ministry believes that foreign workers had visited Mustafa Centre, where some employees had fallen ill, and got infected there.
Mr Wong said Singapore is dealing with two separate infection spreads.
In foreign worker dormitories, numbers are rising sharply, he noted. But in the wider community, numbers are more stable.
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Explaining the Government’s decision to set up a task force, Mr Wong said: “We cannot rely solely on dorm operators anymore, given the current situation.”
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A foreign worker is registered by an SAF officer before moving into his accommodation at an SAF camp. PHOTO: MINDEF
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Mr Wong added that enforcement efforts will be stepped up against those who continue to flout safe-distancing measures.
“We hope Singaporeans will comply not just because of enforcement efforts but really out of a necessity for all of us to do our part,” he said.
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BANGKOK- Thailand reports 50 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand reported 50 new coronavirus cases and the death of a 43-year-old woman on Friday (April 10).
Of the new cases, 27 are linked to previous cases and eight who are waiting for investigation into how they caught the disease, said Mr Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
Three of the new cases were imported, Mr Taweesin said.
Since the outbreak escalated in January, Thailand has reported a total of 2,473 cases and 33 fatalities, while 1,013 patients have recovered and gone home.
HA NOI, Viet Nam- Sixteen COVID-19 patients recover across country, total at 144
HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has announced a further 16 COVID-19 patients, including 12 Vietnamese and four foreigners, have recovered and been discharged from six treatment facilities across the country on Friday, lifting the country’s total recoveries to 144.
Nine patients, including three foreigners and six Vietnamese, were treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. They are: Patient 26 (female, 50, British); Patient 86 (female, 54, Vietnamese); Patient 94 (female, 64, Vietnamese); Patient 148 (male, 58, French); Patient 194 (female, 42, Vietnamese); Patient 202 (female, 57, Vietnamese); Patient 205 (male, 37, Vietnamese); Patient 237 (male, 64, Swedish); Patient 249 (male, 55, Vietnamese).
At Bắc Ninh General Hospital, Patient 74 (male, 23, Vietnamese) has also recovered after being admitted on March 18.
During the course of treatment, the patient tested negative three times for SARS-CoV-2 on April 01, 5 and 8.
At the HCM City Children’s Hospital, Patient 204 (male, 10, Vietnamese) was hospitalised on March 18. During treatment, the patient tested negative three times for SARS-CoV-2.
Patient 135 has also recovered at Đà Nẵng Hospital. The female patient, 27, Vietnamese, was admitted on March 25. She also tested negative three times for SARS-CoV-2.
At Bình Thuận General Hospital, Patient 36 (female, 64, Vietnamese) and Patient 44 (male, 11, Vietnamese) were both admitted to the hospital on March 11. During treatment, they tested negative three times for SARS-CoV-2.
At the Củ Chi field hospital in HCM City, Patient 157 (female, 31, British) was admitted to hospital on March 26, and Patient 171 (female, 19, Vietnamese) was admitted on March 28. Both have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 three times.
All 16 patients will continue to be isolated and monitored for the next 14 days.
As of this morning, the Ministry of Health had confirmed 255 COVID-19 patients and no fatalities in Việt Nam. — VNS
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