13 June 2021. Health officials have traced a 26-year-old man just known as Thin on Sunday after spending a day trying to locate him when his COVID-19 test returned a positive result on Saturday (June 12)https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/06/13/laos-authorities-track-down-infected-man-after-online-appeal

13 June 2021. Officials with the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) report monitoring a human case of avian influenza A (H5N6) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/h5n6-avian-influenza-case-reported-in-chengdu-sichuan-province-50447/

13 June 2021. The Cambodia Ministry of Health’s reminder to all provincial and municipal governors to strengthen the health screenings of arriving passengers by using Rapid Antigen Test COVID-19 has drawn applauds and brickbats.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50873146/ministry-of-healths-reminder-to-provinces-and-capital-of-strict-health-screenings-of-arriving-passengers-cricitised/

13 June 2021. New coronavirus clusters at three construction camps and one company in Bangkok have been detected as the country on Sunday reported 18 new Covid-19 fatalities and another 2,804 transmissions, bringing the accumulated toll to 1,449 deaths and number of cases since the start of pandemic to 195,909.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2131583/4-new-bangkok-clusters-amid-2-804-cases-18-deaths-sunday

11 June 2021. The HCM City Department of Health has instructed the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Củ Chi District Hospital to make plans to admit COVID-19 patients if the number of cases in the city increases significantly.https://vietnamnews.vn/society/971332/hospitals-to-add-beds-if-covid-19-cases-increase.html

11 June 2021. Almost 90% of the coronavirus cases found in Thailand are of the Alpha coronavirus variant first found in the United Kingdom. The Alpha variant to be more contagious and more deadly compared with the original strain.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2130771/alpha-variant-88-dominant-in-thailand

11 June 2021. Siem Reap Provincial Administration decided to classify some locations in the province as red, orange and yellow zones due to rising numbers of Covid-19 infections, in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-factory-screens-workers-siem-reap-declares-six-villages-red-zones

10 June 2021. Taiwanese vaccine developer Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation (MVC) announced that it has completed the Phase II clinical trial for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the results of the trial meet safety and efficacy standards for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) set by the FDA.https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4220165

10 June 2021. Myanmar reported 161 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total cases in the country to 144,876, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-06/10/c_1310001280.htm

10 June 2021. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported on a wild bird H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic in the Hongjiannao National Nature Reserve in Shenmu City. The outbreak, confirmed by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-reports-h5n8-subtype-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-outbreak-in-birds-in-yulin-city-shaanxi-province-24284/