JAKARTA, 30 April 2020 - ASEAN Health Ministers and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services held a video conference on 30 April reaffirming their commitment and cooperation to stop the COVID-19 pandemic through concrete and effective measures as outlined in a joint statement that was adopted at the conclusion of the conference. The video [...]
JAKARTA, 29 April 2020 – The Chinese government reinforced their support to ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) through an additional donation of 20,000 surgical masks from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Kung Phoak received the contribution from China’s Ambassador to ASEAN Deng Xijun in a closed ceremony held at [...]
JAKARTA, 24 April 2020 – ASEAN and China reaffirmed their commitment to forge closer cooperation and further strengthen their strategic partnership at the 21st ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee meeting held via video conference yesterday. The meeting welcomed the progress made in the implementation of the ASEAN-China Plan of Action 2016-2020 which includes the large number [...]
JAKARTA, 24 April 2020 - Southeast Asian nations are taking tough action to stop the spread of deadly COVID-19. That tops the April 2020 edition of "ASEAN Today." Raissa Chentami of the Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta. She also reports on the virtual summit of ASEAN and other Asian leaders in Viet Nam, and how [...]
JAKARTA, 21 April 2020 – In a show of solidarity to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government donated medical supplies to the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC). The donation consists of 75,000 surgical masks, 300 bottles of hand sanitizers (500ml) and 35 infrared thermometers that will be used and distributed accordingly to utilised by the staff [...]
JAKARTA, 17 April 2020 – Health experts and officials from ASEAN Member States and Italy convened through a video conference to exchange views on the strategies and experiences of Italy in combating the COVID-19 disease. Italy was one of the first countries in Europe where COVID-19 gained a foot hold and in March became the [...]
