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France provides financial assistance to Vietnam and 4 other ASEAN countries to combat the epidemic
The French Development Agency (AFD) has provided a 2 million euro ($ 2.19 million) package for COVID-19 for respiratory tract infections to some countries of the Association of Nations. Southeast Asia (ASEAN).
According to a joint statement released in the afternoon from 1-5, AFD’s financial support package will be distributed to 5 ASEAN countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines, to strengthen monitoring and diagnosis. predict and strengthen COVID-19 pandemic response systems in these countries.
With the grant, AFD hopes that laboratories in all five countries will strengthen their capacity during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as additional kits, SARS-CoV virus test kits. -2 causes COVID-19 disease, protective equipment for health personnel …
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Thailand added 6 new infections
On May 2, Thailand recorded just 6 more cases of coronavirus and there were no new deaths.
It has been 6 days in a row that the number of new infections in Thailand has been less than 10, which allowed some companies and public parks to reopen tomorrow, 3-5.
Three of the 6 new infections registered on the island of Phuket. The southern island of Thailand is also home to the highest Thai prevalence rate per population.
So far, Thailand has recorded 54 deaths from the corona virus and 2,966 infections.
A Thai man asks the government for financial help as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic – Photo: REUTERS
Malaysia tests a series of illegal immigrants
Malaysia’s top health official, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said on May 1 that Malaysia will carry out massive tests of illegal immigrants to detect the coronavirus.
Malaysian authorities at the end of May 1 surrounded more than 700 undocumented immigrants and are now gathered in one place to prevent the spread of the virus.
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Men and obese people are more likely to die from the corona virus
New research shows that men and obese people are a major factor in deaths from COVID-19 in UK hospitals. This feature is more difficult to see in China because only 6.6% of adults were obese in 2016, compared to 29% in the UK in 2017.
The new study from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Liverpool and the Royal University of London is based on data collected from 17,000 patients with COVID-19 at 166 UK hospitals between April 6 and 18.
The study was published on medRxiv.org and has not yet been peer reviewed.
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