ASEANEWS FRONT PAGES: WHO: Declared more than 1.6 million cases globally, more than 377,000 recoveries and 102,000 deaths .

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia- Two Malaysians treated and cured of COVID-19 in Cambodia, bringing total cured to 77

Cambodia’s treatment and recovery rate of COVID-19 positive patients continue to be high with two cases testing negative over two consecutive tests.

They are a 34-year-old Malaysian male and another 58-year-old male, also Malaysian.

They were receiving treatment at Kompong Cham province’s Kang Meas district.

They were both tested positive in a cluster infection case involving four other Malaysians who were all tested positive on March 19.

They had all returned from a gathering in Malaysia, held end February and had traveled to Cambodia to attend smaller gatherings.

They were among a group of 13 Malaysians who were tested positive in Kompong Cham, Kampot and Kep.

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JAKARTA- Indonesia Scrambles for Satellite Replacement After Nusantara Dua Destroyed in Launch From China

Jakarta. Indonesia has scrambled to find satellite a replacement as 23 television and eight radio broadcasts are at risk of stopping after a $200 million communication satellite get destroyed during launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China on Thursday.

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.Adi Rahman Adiwoso, the managing director of Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, said an anomaly occurred when the Long March 3B rocket that carried the satellite was about to release its third level thruster, leading to an explosion.

“The satellite fell into the ocean and could not be saved. But it has been fully insured,” Adi said on Friday.

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VIENTIANE, Laos- Phongsavanh Foundation assists Mohosot Hospital to fight Covid-19.

Officials and representatives from the Lao Front for National Development, Phongsavanh Foundation and Mahosot Hospital at the hand-over ceremony.

A team of Chinese doctors and medical experts has completed the tasks assigned to it to help Laos prevent and control the spread of Covid-19

The Phongsavanh Foundation has donated medical supplies and consumer products worth about 66.56 million kip to Mahosot Hospital to help in the fight against Covid-19.

READ MORE: http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/freeContent/FreeConten_Phongsavanh_11Arp.php

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia- Focus on mass testing instead of MCO: Dzulkefly

PETALING JAYA: Mass testing for Covid-19 antibodies should be done instead of extending the Movement Control Order (MCO), says former Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (pix).

Speaking to The Malaysian Insight (TMI), he said that by doing mass testing, more people will be allowed to go back to work and recover the crumbling economy.

He claimed that serological test will identify people with antibodies that protect them against the coronavirus, just like those recovered Covid-19 patients and those asymptomatic patients.

Dzulkefly pointed out that it is more practical to do serological tests as they cost only around RM20 per person.

“The most optimal way forward is to test for both — those who have the virus and those who have antibodies,“ he told TMI.

Those who possess the antibodies for Covid-19 will be identified through testing and they should be allowed to go back to work, he said. / DIANA ALIA /

YANGON, Myanmnar- Companies to receive COVID-19 loans, but discrepancies hamper number of approvals

The government has approved COVID-19 loans for 88 businesses at an interest rate of 1 percent, according to the Union of Myanmar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI).

But the UMFCCI received more than 1600 applications for the loan on the April 9 deadline. / ZEYAR HEIN

READ MORE: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/companies-receive-covid-19-loans-discrepancies-hamper-number-approvals.html

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MANILA- Deployment ban on health workers to be reviewed.

“A review of the temporary deployment ban abroad of medical and health professionals may be included in the agenda of the IATF meeting on Monday, April 13,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said yesterday. “I’m sure that the IATF will be able to resolve the issue immediately.”

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MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) might take a second look at the ban on deployment of health workers abroad after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. called it unconstitutional.

READ MORE: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/04/12/2006755/deployment-ban-health-workers-be-reviewed

.In an interview, Santiago said he strongly believes that Filipino healthcare workers will not run out of opportunities abroad in the next five years or even after the COVID-19 crisis is over.

“Maybe the ban can be implemented until May or when we flatten the curve. I believe there will be more employment opportunities abroad even after COVID-19. But for now, our country needs us,” he added. – Janvic Mateo, Sheila Crisostomo