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CAMBODIA: Cambodia Health Ministry confirms 12th case of mpox
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PHNOM PENH (XINHUA) – Cambodia has logged another case of mpox, also known as monkeypox, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12 since last December, the Cambodia Ministry of Health said in a statement to the media.
“Laboratory results from the National Institute of Public Health showed on Tuesday that another man was positive for mpox, so the total confirmed cases of the disease in Cambodia have now risen to 12,” the ministry said.
The patient, who lives in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, has been undergoing proper treatment at a hospital.
The ministry said the trend of mpox transmission in the Southeast Asian country is on the rise, renewing calls for people to be extra vigilant.
Mpox virus is transmitted from person to person through all forms of sexual contact with a person with mpox and through direct contact with wounds, body fluids, saliva, and equipment contaminated with the virus.
It added that mpox can be passed from mother to child through an umbilical cord during or after birth if a pregnant woman has the disease.
“Individuals with symptoms such as rash with blisters on the face, palms, feet, body, eyes, mouth or genitals, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headache, muscle aches, low back pain, and fatigue should visit a health center or hospital for a consultation or test for mpox,” the ministry said.
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Memento Maxima Digital MarketingMYANMAR: Three officers sent to death row in Insein for leaving Laukkai without a fight
A leaked document seen by Myanmar Now confirms that the officers have been sentenced to death for leaving their posts in January
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Three high-ranking military officers who surrendered to ethnic Kokang forces in northern Shan State last month have been transferred to death row in Yangon’s Insein Prison, according to a leaked document seen by Myanmar Now.
The two brigadier generals and a colonel named in the document were among at least half a dozen senior officers arrested for giving up control of Laukkai, the administrative centre of the Kokang Special Administrative Zone, to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in early January.
The leaked document, submitted by the Prisons Department to the Ministry of Home Affairs, identifies the officers as Brig-Gen Moe Kyaw Thu of the Laukkai Regional Operations Command, Brig-Gen Aung Zaw Lin of Military Operations Command (MOC) 12, and Col Thein Aung Soe. . .
SINGAPORE: Singapore engineer pivots from oil rigs to ‘fish farm of the future’
SINGAPORE (AFP) – A high-tech fish farm floats just off the coast of Singapore, part of a plan by a retired engineer who once built oil rigs to bring diners cleaner, healthier seafood. The tiny city-state imports 90 per cent of its food but hopes to locally source about a third of it by 2030BUSINESS REGULATION: Singapore looks to transport carbon dioxide to RI
An Elnusa employee repairs an offshore oil and gas rig. The publicly listed company is majority-owned by state oil and gas giant Pertamina. (Pertamina/Pertamina)
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Singapore has become the first country to embark on a cross-border collaboration on carbon capture and storage (CCS) with Indonesia.
Singapore on Thursday signed a letter of intent (LOI) marking both countries’ commitment to forming a working group to seek a legally binding bilateral agreement on the cross-border transportation and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) between the neighboring countries, read a joint statement issued on Thursday.
The agreement marked “a significant milestone in our efforts toward sustainable development and environmental stewardship,” Jodi Mahardi, undersecretary for maritime sovereignty and energy coordination at Indonesia’s Office of the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister, said in a statement issued on Thursday.
Indonesia is exploring ways to make the country a regional CCS hub, banking on its huge potential of depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and saline aquifers. Southeast Asia’s largest economy, which aims to develop its upstream natural gas sector and CCS as part of the global transition to cleaner energy, issued a presidential regulation last month allowing CCS operators to allocate 30 percent of their storage capacity for imported CO2.
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“Cross-border carbon capture and storage is a growing solution in Asia and supports Singapore’s transition to a low-carbon future.
Singapore is the first country to sign an LOI with Indonesia after its presidential regulation including cross-border CCS was announced,” Keith Tan, industry deputy secretary of Singapore’s Trade and Industry Ministry, said in the statement.
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