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Citizens of Cambodia living along the country’s border with Thailand are struggling to make ends meet as authorities close checkpoints between the two nations to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), prompting calls for a government bailout.
Authorities in Thailand, where 322 …
Read more• Six new countries/territories/areas (African Region [2], and Region of the Americas [2], and Western Pacific Region [2]) have reported cases of COVID19.
• To increase access to reliable information, WHO has partnered with WhatsApp and Facebook to launch a WHO Health Alert messaging …
Read moreMobile apps and data collection deployed to help contain the coronavirus have a troubling side effect — the potential for long-term government invasions of privacy and surveillance that could be used against independent journalists.
In China, residents currently entering buildings, stores and transit systems …
Read moreHANOI - A summit of Southeast Asian and other international leaders scheduled in Vietnam early next month has been postponed until end-June due to worries about coronavirus, Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has informed leaders …
Read more• On the 19th of March 2020, 60 new cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID- 19 were announced by the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand (MoPH), bringing the total number of cases in Thailand to 272.
• The new cases announced today include 12 cases …
Read moreThailand reported 35 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking its total infections to 212, a disease control official said, Trend reports with reference to Reuters.
The southeast Asian nation has recorded one death since the outbreak began, with 42 patients having recovered and gone …
Read moreWednesday brought new restrictions on movement in North America and Malaysia, as well as the start of a European Union ban on entry to foreigners, as governments seek to control the spread of the novel coronavirus.
While the U.S. announced it will temporarily close …
Read moreTAIPEI, TAIWAN - China and Cambodia bucked the global trend of event cancellations this week by starting joint military exercises as a way to show the world they’re over the coronavirus outbreak and getting friendlier despite apprehension in other countries. ?
The two old …
Read moreAs Vietnam and Cambodia reported increases in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, authorities in Thailand warned their Lao neighbors that a group of Thai nationals that recently visited Laos on a day trip had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Since the initial outbreak …
Read moreGas prices in Europe for 2020 are now forecast to fall more than previously expected, to below $4 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on average, according revisions to January forecasts of Rystad Energy, an independent energy research and business intelligence company.
Forecasts for …
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