28 June 2021. The Ministry of Health on Sunday issued a new set of guidelines for piloting home medical isolation of COVID-19 patients’ direct contacts in Ho Chi Minh City. the quarantined person must strictly abide by the regulations and the time of medical isolation at home.https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20210628/health-ministry-instructs-ho-chi-minh-city-to-quarantine-covid19-patients-direct-contacts-at-home/61753.html

29 June 2021. Tackling the highly transmissible delta variant of novel coronavirus requires smarter and swifter virus control measures, as well as unswerving efforts in increasing vaccination coverage across all age groups, leading Chinese health experts said.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202106/29/WS60da7210a310efa1bd65e864.html

28 June 2021. The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration announced that it would shut down Boeung Keng Kang market in Boeung Keng Kang district for 14 days, effective June 29 through July 12. The move came after nearly 200 out of the nearly 900 people living in the area around market tested positive for Covid-19.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-cluster-bkk-shuts-down-market

28 June 2021. In Myanmar, cases of Covid-19 had escalated at a rapid pace starting May 27, now averaging out to around 220 new cases every single day with an infection rate of over 10 percent. https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/covid-19-third-wave-and-myanmar

28 June 2021. The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has said that due to a miscalculation of test samples, the number of total cases in Laos been recalculated.https://laotiantimes.com/2021/06/28/sample-discrepancy-causes-inflated-covid-19-case-numbers-in-laos/

28 June 2021. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam are battling a surge in cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Southeast Asian country has reported 16,041 coronavirus cases. A total of 6,519 patients have recovered from the disease, including 200 announced on June 28.https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/cases-06282021185053.html

23 June 2021. The Thailand Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday morning a record high of 51 Covid-19 fatalities over the past 24 hours. The previous high of daily Covid-19 fatalities was 47 on May 27.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/really-easy/2137099/record-high-51-covid-deaths

23 June 2021. Experts said that underreporting from strained medical systems and extensive social lockdowns could explain why many Southeast Asian countries have recorded substantially fewer cases of dengue fever in 2021 than previous years.https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/dengue-fever-plummet-southeast-asia-2021-covid-19-lockdown-15047544

23 June 2021. Beds designated for patients in critical condition at all state-run hospitals in Bangkok are now fully occupied by Covid-19 infected patients with severe symptoms, while the last 20 of such beds are strictly reserved for emergency patients. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2136647/covid-beds-running-out

23 June 2021. Based on National Health Commission, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; there were key dates in national health progress for China’s fight against contagious diseases from 1961 to 2019 onward.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202106/23/WS60d28dbda31024ad0bacad6e.html