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By Agence France-Presse • Sep 07, 2021
A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 06, 2021
The Philippines to lift a stay-at-home order in the capital Manila, in a bid to rein in coronavirus cases fueled by the Delta variant and revive the economy
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 02, 2021
With lockdown restrictions getting tighter, bamboo poles, beer crates, ladders and broken chairs are some of the everyday objects forming makeshift barricades on Hanoi's streets as authorities try to slow the spread of coronavirus
By Madeleine List • Aug 30, 2021
Ho Chi Minh City's traditional taxi firms have taken a hit with intense competition from Grab in recent years. But with ride-hailing apps suspended amid a spiralling Covid outbreak, a return of business for drivers comes with risks as they become front line workers
Decades of conflict, racism and human rights abuses are fuelling Covid conspiracy theories in Papua at a time when their breakaway region is facing a renewed threat from the pandemic
By Andrea Christiani and Haeril Halim/AFP • Aug 26, 2021
Thailand decriminalised kratom, a tropical leaf long used for herbal remedy, but some health regulators around the world have criticised it as potentially unsafe
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 24, 2021
Malaysian contract doctors have experienced financial instability and burnout since 2016. Now, with life on the frontlines of the country’s escalating Covid-19 outbreak pushing many to the brink, they are pushing for unionisation through the Hartal Strike
By Kymberley Chu • Aug 23, 2021
Following the IPCC's landmark report earlier this month warning of an impending climate catastrophe, on World Mosquito Day, Dr Sarthak Das warns of the potential for climate change to reverse much of the progress made in eliminating mosquito-borne diseases
By Dr Sarthak Das • Aug 20, 2021
Despite liberal laws and among the highest abortion rates in the world, stigma towards the practice is pervasive in Vietnam. Representing a hard-line faction of anti-abortion sentiment, groups across the country collect fetal remains from clinics for burial
By Govi Snell • Aug 16, 2021
The Southeast Asian nation has been hit by its worst Covid-19 surge yet as the ultra-infectious Delta variant sent deaths skyrocketing and left a trail of devastated parents in its wake
By Dessy Sagita and Haeril Halim/AFP • Aug 13, 2021
Social isolation among the elderly was already a growing concern within fast-modernising Singapore prior to the pandemic. Now, with social distancing measures in place and health concerns abounding, social service groups must be creative to reach the city-state's atomised elders
By Weilee Yap • Aug 05, 2021
As Cambodia reimposes lockdown in several provinces to contain the spread of Covid-19, women across the Kingdom once again face interruptions to vital sexual health services. This is what occurred during April’s lockdown, with MSI Reproductive Choices witnessing the dire effects
By Ella Nwaokolo • Jul 29, 2021