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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s most populous city, will implement a two-week period of social distancing on Monday for the first time since April 2020, state media said on Sunday.
Singapore announced S$800 million (US$605 million) in additional support for businesses and individuals affected by restrictions imposed this month as it confronts a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases.
The Philippine General Hospital in Manila. - Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN MANILA, May 17 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): The current occupancy for Covid-19 dedicated beds at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is going down and is now at the lowest since early March, the hospital spokesperson said on Monday. Dr. Jonas Del Rosario said that only 153 Covid-19 patients were admitted at the PGH as of Sunday (May 16). “We have 250 beds for Covid-19 and as of last night’s census, we have 153 confirmed Covid [patients] who are admitted to PGH. That’s probably less than 70 per cent of th...
Sumatra, Indonesia’s second-most populous island, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases in May, forcing government officials to quickly shift their attention away from Java provinces, which are currently the country’s Covid-19 epicentres.
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and his South Korean counterpart Yoo Myung-hee signed the agreed minutes on the conclusion of negotiations over the deal via video link on Feb 3. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN PHNOM PENH, April 26 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The formal signing of the Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), scheduled for mid-year, will be postponed due to disruptions from the Covid-19 outbreak stemming from the Feb 20 community incident, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce. Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and his South Korean counterpart Yoo Myung-hee signed th...