18 July 2021. The HCMC Covid-19 Intensive Care Hospital has received 160 severe patients after four-day operation. The hospital has continued to install medical equipment and prepared for the increase in the number of people at risk of severe illness.https://sggpnews.org.vn/health/healthcare-workers-mobilized-to-serve-for-hcmc-covid19-intensive-care-hospital-93472.html

18 July 2021. Health ministry figures showed deaths from Covid-19 reached a record 233 in Myanmar on Saturday, but medics and funeral services say the real toll is much higher, and crematoriums are overloaded.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2150791/covid-response-runs-underground-in-junta-ruled-myanmar

18 July 2021. China has reported the first human infection of herpes B virus, aka monkey B virus in a 53-year-old male veterinary surgeon based out of Beijing, according to a Notes from the Field in the China CDC Weekly.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-reports-1st-human-herpes-b-infection-in-beijing-veterinarian-44654/

16 July 2021. The “Samui Plus” tourism scheme kicked off on Thursday to welcome fully-vaccinated foreign tourists in Thailand, two weeks after the Phuket Sandbox reopening. The Samui Plus model covers Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2149419/samui-plus-scheme-kicks-off-for-journos

16 July 2021. Some local governments in China are planning to administer COVID-19 vaccines to teenagers as the country pushes ahead with its mass immunization drive, with over 1.4 billion doses already administered.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202107/16/WS60f0c143a310efa1bd662371.html

16 July 2021. With rising COVID-19 new cases, Bangkok metropolitan region is declared a pandemic hotspot by the Thai government. One of the solutions is the collaboration among multi-stakeholders to initiate “Home Isolation” and “Community Isolation”.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40003318

16 July 2021. Number of COVID-19 cases suddenly ballooning in Cambodia. Cambodia has detected more imported cases of the Delta variant and that is the reason why border measures including testing, strict isolation and quarantine remain vital.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894747/ministry-of-health-its-red-line-for-covid-19-drawn-in-the-sand-when-deaths-cross-four-digits/

16 July 2021. Vietnam Deputy Minister of Health shared about revised health ministry guidelines on the mandatory quarantine period and details of a pilot home-quarantine scheme for people who come into direct contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases. https://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/993692/explained-new-home-quarantine-pilot-programme-for-covid-19-patients.html

15 July 2021. A man in China has been hospitalized with the H5N6 strain of avian flu, which is one of several potentially dangerous strains that can infect humans. He was hospitalized in Bazhong, a city in the province of Sichuan.https://consumer.healthday.com/chinese-man-hospitalized-with-h5n6-bird-flu-2653793398.html

15 July 2021. The Myanmar will impose a nationwide lockdown next week, while also expanding the number of public holidays during the week from two to five, in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19 amid a surge in infections and deaths in the country.https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-announces-nationwide-lockdown-next-week-as-covid-19-surges.html