Two more people have died of dengue fever in Singapore, bringing the total number of dengue fatalities so far this year to seven, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore.

Singapore is looking at an amendment to its Constitution so that the country’s Parliament can meet from multiple locations.

A meeting of Thai cabinet ministers on April 29 has approved a project to help people affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

A health official of Malaysia said on April 28 that this country has entered the "recovery phase" of the COVID-19 outbreak as new confirmed cases and active cases continue to drop.

Cambodia has warned a new wave of COVID-19 in the country though it recorded no new infections over the past 16 days in a row.

Cambodia is to join the ranks of declining overseas worker remittances this year after the World Bank projected global remittances will decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 because of the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent business shutdowns.

Logistics companies have experienced a more than 50 percent decline in overall business performance since the COVID-19 outbreak hit Indonesia in early March, the Indonesian Logistics Association (ALI) reported.

Analysts from BofA Global Research estimated that about 7 percent of total employees, or 20.7 million, in ASEAN-6 economies could be laid off due to the COVID-19.

Cambodia’s exports to Thailand skyrocketed in the first quarter of this year, although the two countries have imposed strict measures to control cross-border trade midst the COVID-19 spread.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has handed out over 20,000 vegetable sprouts to help residents affected by the COVID-19 reduce expenses and make use of their time during the stay-home period.

Singapore is rapidly building bed space for COVID-19 patients in exhibition halls as it faces a surge in cases.

The number of COVID-19 infections continued to increase in Southeast Asian nations on April 25.

The Singaporean Ministry of Health on April 24 confirmed 897 more COVID-19 cases, taking the total count to 12,075, the highest among Southeast Asian countries.

Thailand’s National Security Council is expected to present a proposal for the extension of the state of emergency to the Prime Minister on April 27, with some current restrictions to be relaxed to allow some businesses and daily activities to resume amid the COVID-19 crisis.