Region Copes with COVID-19 Outbreak

A Filipino soldier checks the temperature of a car passenger at a Metro Manila checkpoint established as a preventative measure against the spread of COVID-19, March 15, 2020. [Basilio Sepe/BenarNews]

Vegetable bins stand empty at a supermarket in Kuala Lumpur as the nation prepares to hunker down during the COVID-19 outbreak, March 16, 2020. [S. Mahfuz/BenarNews]

A sign announces that the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta has been temporarily closed in response to the pandemic, March 15, 2020. [Afriadi Hikmal/BenarNews]

A guard wears a protective mask at the Emerald Buddha temple in Bangkok amid fear of COVID-19, March 16, 2020. [Reuters]

A man takes a picture of an empty shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, March 15, 2020. [AP]

Members of the Indonesian Red Cross prepare to disinfect a school in Jakarta in the wake of the outbreak, March 16, 2020. [AP]

An official takes a boy’s temperature at a customs checkpoint in Thailand’s Narathiwat province, along the border with Malaysia, March 15, 2020. [AFP]

Students prepare to attend classes in Dhaka, one day before a nationwide school closure through the end of the month goes into effect, March 16, 2020. [BenarNews]