Philippines falls at bottom in COVID-19 resilience report
Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam also rank at the bottom in the Bloomberg list.
More than 400,000 under-18s infected with Covid-19 this year, says Khairy
There were only 12,000 cases in 2020.
A Dying Profession
The prolonged Covid-induced shutdown and paranoia have dealt a deadly blow to this hereditary profession.
Why Thailand’s tourism sandbox programmes failed
The government’s tardiness in distributing vaccines to tourism provinces has been a factor.
Viet Nam strives to return to ‘new normal’ by September 30, shifts away from Zero COVID strategy
Hanoi is changing its strategy because Covid-19 has been gradually controlled in the majority of localities.
Philippine in fourth, ‘most severe’ COVID-19 wave
Delta variant pushes rate of infected to 30 per cent of individuals and the peak has yet to be reached, says official.
1,012 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; second day in a row
There are currently 873 Covid-19 patients in the hospital, up from 863 the day before.
Nasal medicines to treat COVID-19 being developed
Scientists wish to start clinical tests within a year.
India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage surpasses landmark 800 million mark
The testing capacity has also been expanded - over 1.5 million tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.