A Malaysian university is considering using robots dressed in gowns and mortarboards to act as stand-ins at graduation ceremonies to prevent coronavirus infections -- but students have blown a fuse at the idea.
People returned to some of Thailand's famed sandy beaches Monday, keeping well apart but enjoying the outdoors, as authorities eased some coronavirus restrictions for the first time in more than two months.
In the first five months of this year, 694 people in Vietnam suffered from food poisoning, of whom 15 died, according to the country's Preventive Health Department on Tuesday.
Nine doctors have died in the Philippines from the coronavirus, the country's top medical association said Thursday, as hospitals were overwhelmed and medics complained about a lack of protection on the front lines.
Vietnam's Ministry of Health said on Tuesday evening that five more local people tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 66.