COVID-19 PANDEMIC: ASEAN UPDATES
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“The 2019 Plague” Day 258
BRUNEI: No new COVID-19 cases for five consecutive days
Brunei Darussalam recorded no new COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day yesterday keeping the national tally of confirmed cases at 142, including one active case at the National Isolation Centre.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Health (MoH), there are 565 individuals undergoing mandatory self-isolation at government monitoring centres after travelling abroad, while 4,037 individuals have completed their mandatory self-isolation at monitoring centres since March 2020.
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MALAYSIA: Eleven new Covid cases: Health DG
PETALING JAYA: Eleven new Covid-19 cases were recorded yesterday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 9,114.
No deaths were reported with the death toll remaining at 125.
Health Director-General Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said out of the 11 cases reported, eight were imported.
“The eight imported cases consist of seven Malaysians and one foreigner, returning from Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and Japan,” he said yesterday.
“Of the three local transmission cases, two were Malaysians and one a foreigner.”
Noor Hisham also said that eight patients had recovered and were discharged yesterday, leaving a total of 172 active cases.
“One patient is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit but not needing ventilator assistance.”
Addressing a viral message of a Form Five student from a school in Lembah Pantai who had tested positive for Covid-19, Noor Hisham clarified that the student had only tested positive for dengue so far.
“On Aug 10, the student was tested for both Dengue and Covid-19 after vomiting and having diarrhoea. The dengue results came back positive.
“However, the student’s Covid-19 test is undergoing cross-examination to ensure there is no contamination, which may happen due to the dengue infection,” he added.
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SINGAPORE: 42 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, 11 imported
Men wearing face masks walk past an art installation in the financial business district in Singapore. PHOTO: AFPAccording to brief data released by the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday, all the imported cases had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.
Based on its investigations so far, the ministry said there was only one case in the community, involving a Singaporean while the vast majority of the cases were migrant workers currently under quarantine.
The latest cases bring the infection tally for the republic to 55,395.
In its full data released late on Tuesday, the ministry said there are about 22,500 workers who are serving out their quarantine period.
The republic has classified 763 of the reported cases as imported, 2,195 as community cases and 52,395 as dorm residents.
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Việt Nam records three new cases, nine recoveries
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HÀ NỘI — Three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Việt Nam, two linked to Quảng Nam and one repatriated from Saudi Arabia.
The total number of coronavirus cases now stands at 883.
Nine people from Quảng Ngãi, Bạc Liêu and Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu provinces have made a full recovery from the virus.
One of the new cases is a 40-year-old woman from Hà Nội’s Ba Đình District. She returned to the country on a flight from Saudi Arabia last Sunday and was immediately quarantined on arrival.
She is being treated at Bạc Liêu Province’s General Hospital.
The other two cases are a 51-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman.
The man lives in Gò Vấp District, Hồ Chí Minh City but was taking care of his mother in Quảng Nam General Hospital. Since testing positive, he has been isolated at the hospital and is currently receiving treatment.
The woman is from Hội An City and is also being treated at Quảng Nam General Hospital. It is understood she caught the virus from her daughter.
The new recoveries announced by the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, brings the amount of people to be given the all-clear to 409.
So far, 17 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 complications. — VNS
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