{"id":13948,"date":"2020-04-12T11:34:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T06:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=13948"},"modified":"2020-04-12T11:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T06:34:32","slug":"southeast-asia-malaysia-indonesia-the-philippines-and-thailand-witnessing-surge-in-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/13948","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Asia Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines and Thailand witnessing surge in COVID-19 cases."},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite stepped-up measures in the fight against coronavirus, four countries in Southeast Asia are witnessing a surge in cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Malaysia, the total number of cases stands at 4,530. Seventy-three people have died so far, and 1,995 have recovered, according to the latest figures by the U.S.\u2019 Johns Hopkins University.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Indonesia, the number of cases rose 330, bringing the total to 3,842, according to the country\u2019s Health Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n

The death toll in the country has risen to 327, while 286 patients have so far recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the capital Jakarta, the government imposed comprehensive social restrictions in the cities of Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Philippines, the number of cases rose 233, bringing the total to 4,428. So far, 247 people have died in the country from the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration Friday banned healthcare workers from entering and leaving the country during the COVID-19 crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Thailand, the number of cases climbed 45, bringing the total to 2,518.<\/span><\/p>\n

A total of 35 people have died from the virus and 1,135 have recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

After emerging in Wuhan, China last December, the virus has spread to at least 185 countries and regions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pandemic has killed nearly 107,000 people, and infected in excess of 1.7 million, while nearly 390,000 patients have recovered, according to figures compiled by the U.S.\u2019 Johns Hopkins University.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite stepped-up measures in the fight against coronavirus, four countries in Southeast Asia are witnessing a surge in cases. In Malaysia, the total number of cases stands at 4,530. Seventy-three people have died so far, and 1,995 have recovered, according to the latest figures by the U.S.\u2019 Johns Hopkins University. In Indonesia, the number of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1461,12,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-health","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13949,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13948\/revisions\/13949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}