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At least 62 nuns in a convent of the Religious of the Virgin Mary congregation in Quezon City in the Philippine capital have been found positive of COVID-19.

In a video co-produced with the Ad Council, Pope Francis urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, calling it an act of love toward others.

Christians and Muslims in Jakarta, Indonesia, are working together to provide assistance to communities most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

She goes around the clinic in Myitkyina asking about the condition of patients. She also attends to whoever comes to the clinic for help.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Bangkok has converted one of its schools into a 630-bed field hospital and isolation facility for COVID-19 patients as the Southeast Asian country continues to face record numbers of infections and deaths due to the pandemic.

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, led the launching of the Catholic Church’s mobile vaccination initiative on Tuesday, August 3.

We offer all our people to the protection of God. Our people's destiny is more and more in the hands of God as we sail through these stormy seas of fear, despair, anxiety and pandemic.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta has turned its pastoral center into an isolation ward for COVID-19 patients as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases.

The parish of Shwe Pyi Thar in Yangon, Myanmar, launched a relief program on July 29 to help address the rising COVID-19 cases in the area.

Indonesia’s religious leaders have expressed support for the government’s decision to extend strict health measures in the country until August 3 due to the high number of COVID-19 cases.

Young Catholics in the Diocese of Mandalay in Myanmar have set up COVID-19 response initiatives to address the increasing number of people affected by the pandemic.

The Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar succumbed to COVID-19 on Thursday, July 22. He was 68.

Nearly one-tenth of the world population — up to 811 million people — went hungry in 2020.

Father Alexander Thein Kyaw was parish priest of the Our Lady of Fatima Church in Thone Kwa town. He was a member of the Order of Servants of Mary congregation.

'I appeal to the authorities to facilitate the secure participation of all the health workers'

A Catholic priest and a nun were among the latest fatalities of the coronavirus disease in the Diocese of Kalay in Myanmar.

A Catholic priest from China, Father Lawrence Liu Hong’en, died of COVID-19 in the Philippines on July 13.

The vicar general of the Diocese Hpa An in Myanmar, Monsignor Martinus Myint Soe, died of COVID-19 on Friday, July 9.

A ban on more than one person leaving home for non-medical reasons will apply to 10 Yangon townships starting Thursday, July 8.

The Archdiocese of Mandalay has set up a new commission to address the needs of the people as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country.