Video: Asian countries tighten Covid-19 prevention measures
With the surge of Covid-19 cases and deaths, many Asian countries have tightened measures to prevent the spread of the virus, and have re-imposed a lockdown to cope with the disease.
As the Covid-19 cases and deaths surge, many Asian nations have tightened preventive measures to curb the spread of the virus, and even re-imposed lockdown to cope with the disease.
Some countries which have implemented stricter prevention and control measures are the Philippines, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia.
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