by The Bangkok Post | Feb 18, 2020 | Health
Recent data from the Mental Health Department has shown that there are 1 million young Thais dealing with clinical depression and around 2 million at risk of developing this and other mental illnesses.This situation along with the increase of suicide rates among Thai youths has propelled Love Frankie, a Bangkok-based social and behaviour change creative agency, to come up with more than 30 creative activities allowing young people to discuss, explore and learn about mental health and build a community of support.The activities will be conducted in Thai and English on four days from 9am to 9pm … (more…)
by AFP | Feb 17, 2020 | Health, News, place
Taipei (AFP) – While China deploys stern communist slogans in its battle against a deadly new coronavirus, democratic Taiwan has embraced cuddly mascots and humour to ease public anxiety and educate on best practices.Images of cute animals have featured in daily social media updates from government agencies to tackle disinformation and prevent the spread of infections.The health ministry has deployed a cartoon “spokesdog” — a Shiba Inu called Zongchai — that has proved a hit with hashtags of his name going viral and posts shared hundreds of thousands of times.Recent contributions have includ… (more…)
by Philippine Star | Feb 11, 2020 | Health, News
MANILA, Philippines — The whole world is at war and the dreaded enemy is called 2019-nCoV (novel coronavirus). Even as global leaders in innovative vaccines are in a frantic race to develop a vaccine against nCoV, the death toll continues to rise and confirmed cases continue to grow in alarming numbers around the world.The virus has reportedly spread to 25 countries, apart from China (where it originated), including the Philippines which recently reported its first fatality.In the Philippines, people are hoarding masks while drugstores and supermarkets are fast running out of rubbing alcohol a… (more…)
by Philippine Star | Feb 6, 2020 | Health
‘Not a death sentence’: DOH says 98% of nCoV patients get better(Philstar.com) – February 6, 2020 – 11:16amMANILA, Philippines — Most of the people infected with the novel coronavirus will recover from the disease, the Department of Health said Thursday.Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo said 98% of the individuals affected by the illness that has killed 560 people in China will recover.“The infectious disease doctors are willing to admit these patients and treat them because 98% of these patients will get better,” Domingo said in an interview on the ABS-CBN News Channel.He added: “It’s not a … (more…)
by AFP | Jan 31, 2020 | Health, News
Beijing (AFP) – China is to send charter planes to bring citizens of virus-hit Wuhan city home from overseas “as soon as possible”, the foreign ministry said Friday.The move comes as a number of airli… (more…)
by VOIZ asia | Jan 30, 2020 | Health, News
Hong Kong (AFP) – Asian markets fell Thursday with tech stocks and airlines among key losers as the World Health Organization called an urgent meeting on whether to declare a global health emergency o… (more…)
