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Cambodia recorded its sharpest daily decline of COVID-19 cases when they fell from 978 to 232 between September 30 and October 1, 2021. This dramatic 76 per cent drop was due to a change in […]
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The Philippines is at a critical juncture in its economic relations with the European Union (EU) over free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. As the economic consequences of the global coronavirus pandemic grips the world, it […]
As Vietnam races to track down the origin of its first SARS-CoV-2 community transmission in almost 100 days, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a sweeping directive aimed at wiping out almost all vestiges […]
• USA nudges 150,000 dead | • India tops 32,000 deaths | • Singapore nudges 50,000 cases
As of 00:38 GMT July 26 there was 92,961 active cases of COVID-19 throughout the 10 Asean member countries, an increase of 1,476 , or 1.61 per cent, on the day prior. Of this 358, […]
• Brazil tops 85,000 dead | • Philippines tops 50,000 active cases | • COVID-19 returns to Lao PDR
As of 00:32 GMT July 25 there was 91,485 active cases of COVID-19 throughout the 10 Asean member countries, an increase of 1,967 , or 2.17 per cent, on the day prior. Of this 358, […]
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On July 1 2020, the European Union (EU) and six of its member governments announced a moratorium on debt repayments due from Myanmar. The agreement allows Myanmar to ‘focus efforts on economic recovery from COVID-19’ […]
The global novel coronavirus epidemic could wipe $37 billion in revenue from airlines in the Asean-6 according to the latest assessment by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). According to the report, airlines in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, […]
• India tops 30,000 dead
As of 00:49 GMT July 24 there was 89,518 active cases of COVID-19 throughout the 10 Asean member countries, an increase of 1,359 , or 1.54 per cent, on the day prior. Of this 358, […]
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Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party’s (PAPs) election victory on July 10, winning 83 out of 93 seats, was emphatic. Still, the opposition Workers’ Party (WP) gains from six to ten seats mark a political watershed […]
• Asean cases breach 225,000 | • USA tops 2 mln active cases, 145,000 dead | • India nudges 30,000 dead
As of 00:42 GMT July 23 there was 88,159 active cases of COVID-19 throughout the 10 Asean member countries, an increase of 1,242 , or 1.43 per cent, on the day prior. Of this 359, […]
• USA tops 4 mln cases - 2 mln active • Asean cases top 220,000 | • Philippine caseload tops 45,000 | • Mexico deaths top 40,000 | • USA nudges 145,000 deaths
As of 00:51 GMT July 22 there was 86,917 active cases of COVID-19 throughout the 10 Asean member countries, an increase of 1,957 , or 2.30 per cent, on the day prior. Of this 358, […]
Although Cambodia has escaped largely unscathed from the medical effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic the effects of lost jobs on household incomes is something else. Across the nation families are returning to their ancestral […]