days for centuries to come to me in my country following this. until the day i need. not. to. this is due to other news asia coming up captive to a coronavirus domestic workers face pressure to remain in their employers homes even on their off days it's a vital 15 the measure doesn't buy their what those rights plus from disinfecting mosques to stock buy big food countries across asia roll up their sleeves to combat the spread of the coronavirus. i mean modest motorbike medics we need to enjoy

a walk because bridging the health gap into more of the companies. i'm going to welcome to do it's good to have you with us hong kong was one of the 1st regions outside the chinese mainland to report deaths from the corona virus that was back in february since then at least 125 cases have been reported there as a precaution against the spread of the virus a number of residents are staying at home and avoiding contact with others and that is having an impact on the large community of domestic workers who are legally obligated to stay at the homes of that employers which know is running high this already volatile community of more than $400000.00 is finding that their rights and

freedoms are being called into question. shaking off another lonely. the many of the women here this is their only opportunity to escape the one and. homes domestic one because they're entitled to one day or week in groups of friends unknown together here every sunday in parks and green spaces but that's now changing earlier this year is hong kong got to grips with the corona virus outbreak the labor department recommended that domestic workers stay at home and many and now finding that time off is no longer there were i mean i leave the am thankful i'm really worried about the virus. like you've never had my employer is worried. what they think they're led to believe he's afraid i could become infected while hanging out with other helpers and then spread the virus to his family at home i always feel although i look back on the i'm. not

her real name i didn't want to appear on camera concerned she could put her job at risk for speaking out. she like all domestic workers lives in her employer's apartment and sleeps in the utility room them because she says she's facing pressure to stay at home. i am coming and going with what i have to leave the house today. i hope they hold up but they are not my employees home is so phone that if you found on the i'll go through about you know a grandfather or grandmother kids everyone has their own way out into and i don't have my own room and the fight is so small and i. bulge too many employees fears over the virus hitting extremely close to home some and chances he and his family is staying inside as much as possible and expect his domestic worker to do the same he says the situation has left him feeling powerless. but

in this situation he needs to call pretty of everyone there because off the wall they're saying it's not compulsory for her to stay home and we can't do nothing we can just discuss but if you can understand the situation but she still wants to go and we have no choice other employers are taking a more hardline approach cindy adams has once a charity to support domestic workers she says she's dealing with disputes between employers and stock almost daily. she says is left an already vulnerable community even more wrist somewhat is they staying at home tense moments working 7 days a week several she says have even been fired they're put in a situation where yes this is quite difficult how would you agree i don't want to lose my job i cannot agree but i'm depressed i'm getting depressed and the question i was is do other members of a part of the household go out oh yes they do the husband goes to work the

grandmother comes here every day of course the children are here but if you are the only ones not allowed to go out then something is wrong. in a statement to the w. hong kong's labor department stressed it's illegal to deny domestic workers whose one day off but to women like the son back in indonesia is relying on her income contradicting employees and often feel like a risk not worth taking. indonesia and other countries such as the philippines have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak a member of the philippines u.n. delegation in new york tested positive for the virus sending the entire delegation into quarantine in manila authorities will begin implementing a travel ban and a quarantine of the capital's 12000000 people despite list of 40 cases indonesia 2 is ramping up its response to the virus beginning with a massive disinfection campaign. this is indonesia's biggest

mosque it can accommodate more than $10000.00 worshippers and it's an icon for the nation's believers but in times of the novel coronavirus it's a threat to public health which is why a drive is under way to disinfect this and thousands of other mosques under the watchful eye of the indonesian president we have rolled up and removed all the carpets because they are a potential source of disease and we are spraying disinfectant in. singapore is going a step further closing all mosques in the city state for at least 5 days. disinfection crews are becoming a common sight from seoul to tokyo to money land the philippine capital is now facing a month long lockdown after president what ricotta tatay issued an order to suspend all domestic travel to and from the city itself shoppers worried about food supplies. they said there be

a lockdown the whiskered women appear to buy food to go hungry along with. the philippine government has thought to reassure citizens and cautioned against panic buying we would like to stress the transport of goods. from the provinces and vice versa we will remain subject to guidelines. don't panic and don't stockpile. travel and large gatherings that's the message being peddled across asia as the continent tries to slow the spread of the virus. official numbers from the epicenter of the outbreak suggest it's possible on friday china reported just 5 new cases of the coronavirus in han the lowest daily tally in the city since january. these days the virus is spreading faster in other countries in asia and the world. joining us for more is

due to record spondon pretty thought consumer for 3 from our jakarta bureau principle besides disinfecting mosques how is indonesia cutting the spread of the coronavirus in the country yeah well actually we have the you know there's a vacuum liquid already here. this goes you know at the end market station and also the commuter line by the government have another you know many routes you really tackle the crew virus is they have the travel ban for 4 months in fact it country's about 1000 is mainly in china south korea it's away and also iran and if you know they happen to be visited the country is 100 days or they have travel history of working in that form was in that countries they cannot go into media and basically we don't have feel loved and also the current t.v.

but i think the that infusions are very aware of their health and they're looking for the you know the surgery mouse in the hope of the earth is in fact let's play it and also if we you know go to the market we cannot find. all of this in fact it is very very clear on the market right now we have to reflect 500000 views for just one what's. this is that monster has there been any impact on indonesia's economy or from the coronavirus or brick. yeah on the tourism sector we actually have the loss of total predicted that predicted at $1500000000.00 us dollars so that they already made the 1st stimulus package. which you know they give the discount for the hotel of the restaurants and also the ticket prize and as for today the government also said that they have the 2nd stimulus fiscal package which is you know people who don't have to pay their taxes

for 6 months starting and it will try to money so that the physically wealthy do to really you know solve the problem at the economy and people who doesn't have to be for that tax is only for those manufacturing sector it doesn't apply to. a worker in general it's you know. on the manufacturing sector right brits are speaking to us from jakarta thank you very much for that. in the remote terms of myanmar getting access to adequate health care isn't easy mountainous terrain makes it difficult to act as you in the most basic services but in some hard to reach places such as the self administered nagar zone on the indian border enjoys or helping fill the health care gaps however in a region where many still rely on traditional remedies building trust and never

good to bad roads remain for medical challenges. all in a day's commute for these daring doctors in myanmar as remote far north. this is not a territory a tribal region of 4 my head hunters near the indian border isolated from the rest of the country it's desperately underdeveloped. 0. while his teams go village to village giving health education sessions and opening mobile clinics that run long into the night. this little boy has rickets a disease that results in weak bones he was unable to walk just a couple of months ago after a course of vitamin d. and calcium the 6 year old is on the mend the ngo also helps get emergency cases to

hospital often several days walk away. we have no motorbikes and no money to pay for a motorbike taxi to get to hospital as farmers we have many things to do. you know here crucially the medical teams are also training up a volunteer in each of the regions 275 villages the trainees give out basic medicines screen fitty bay and carry out on the spot malaria tests. tank pay has been a volunteer for nearly 3 years but her family's been in the healing business for generations her mother is the village shannon. people know me come to me fast i give medicines to them and they only go to my mom if they don't get better we're the ones who want example her mom says was a man whose severe swelling wasn't going away in hospital near vocal the longer. we needed to call his soul back from the jungle. to avoid all that me and to hear

him say we sacrificed a chicken. and the patient got better than music that a woman born in cuba. changing habits might take time the volunteers helping bring modern medicine to this remote region bridging the health care gap thanks to their band of mentors on motorbikes. there's more in our website bieber dot com forward slash isha that's certainly with us are a. player . playing free to any the soloist to try as a newcomer all alex. to do some tests want to get in the footsteps of all the great. in your. town to please.

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toll continues to climb in iran as officials plead for billions in loans from the international monetary fund. and how japan's famous socking companies from fukushima managing to stay afloat almost a decade after that nuclear meltdown. had been one let's do business it's been quite a ride for markets around the world this week mostly in the one direction downwards asian indexes were in for much of the pain even as china continued to send positive signals about declining case numbers and factory reopening. taking a look at how shares fared over the 4 week not a pretty picture on kong's hang seng down almost 10 percent after investors dismissed the government's stimulus plans tokyo's nikkei and the south korean coast be both enjoying double digit losses as the global scene worsens but it's not just the stock market that's in turmoil ordinary small or medium sized businesses are

fighting for survival it's causing a big headache for global supply chains especially with firms that sourced from china. life in china.