Visitors wearing masks take photos near the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan, 06 March 2020. Photo: EPA
19 March 2020
Japan's prime minister said Wednesday the country will expand quarantine measures and a...
People wear masks at the departure lounge at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
19 March 2020
Economic growth across the South-East Asia region is expected to slow to 4.2% in 2020, as...
A busy road in Yangon. Photo: EPA
19 March 2020
A volunteer group has been building makeshift hand-washing stations in Yangon to prevent...
A Kashmiri volunteer sprays disinfectant as precautionary measure to fight Coronavirus in a street in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 March 2020. Photo: EPA
18 March 2020
As a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the entry of foreign...
A border officer takes a woman's temperature at a customs checkpoint in Sungai Kolok in southern Thailand on the border with Malaysia on March 15 (AFP Photo/Madaree TOHLALA)
18 March 2020
The World Health Organization called for "aggressive" action in Southeast Asia to combat...
Photo: Mizzima
18 March 2020
Mandalay General Hospital responsible official Dr. Khin Kyaw said that a woman patient...
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (C) speaks during a press conference, after an Economic Action Council (EAC) meeting, at the Prime Minister Office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 16 March 2020. Photo: EPA
17 March 2020
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Monday asked employees to...
Bangkok's famed nightlife -- -including the Soi Cowboy district pictured in 2016 -- could suffer a massive blow under Thailand's measures to halt the new coronavirus (AFP Photo/ROBERTO SCHMIDT)
17 March 2020
Malaysia will ban its citizens from travelling overseas and foreigners from entering the...
Bangkok's famed nightlife -- -including the Soi Cowboy district pictured in 2016 -- could suffer a massive blow under Thailand's measures to halt the new coronavirus (AFP Photo/ROBERTO SCHMIDT)
17 March 2020
Thailand will shut venues that attract large crowds, like "entertainment places", sports...
Myanmar's annual water festival. Photo: Mizzima
17 March 2020
Myanmar’s government has stepped up preventive measures in confronting the coronavirus...
Men clean a closed cinema in Yangon, Myanmar, 16 March 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
17 March 2020
The Myanmar government started shutting down all the cinemas throughout the country from...
Myanmar migrant fishermen unload fish from Thai fishing boats at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: EPA
17 March 2020
The Bangkok based Myanmar embassy issued a press release on March 16 which urges Myanmar...

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