19 May 2021. China’s agriculture ministry on Wednesday said it had confirmed an outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza in a flock of wild birds at a wetlands park in the city of Nagqu in Tibet. The outbreak infected and killed 268 of the birds.https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/china-reports-h5n8-avian-flu-outbreak-wild-birds-tibet-2021-05-19/
18 May 2021. Covid-19 infections continue to surge in Bangkok with 28 clusters now detected across 19 districts. Prisons and construction camps have been identified as main sources of the latest outbreak.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2117591/clusters-surge-across-capital
18 May 2021. Cambodia Ministry of Health received 4,000 Covid-19 rapid antigen test kits to be distributed to referral hospitals across Cambodia. The use of rapid antigen test for all patients who come to Cambodia’s health centres has become standard operating procedure across the nation’s healthcare system.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-receives-more-covid-19-rapid-antigen-tests
17 May 2021. China is vaccinating almost 14 million people a day, the fastest pace in the world, as the country races to protect its Covid-19 advantage in the face of major Western nations reopening their economies.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2117079/china-vaccinating-almost-14-million-people-a-day
17 May 2021. The Thai government on Monday recorded 9,635 new Covid-19 cases — by far Thailand’s biggest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic. 71% of new cases found in prisons.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2116971/prison-clusters-help-boost-covid-cases-by-record-9-635-monday
16 May 2021. Vietnam is combating the fourth wave of Covid-19. The ongoing development of Covid-19 in Bac Ninh Province is stressful threatening community health and making bad impact on socioeconomic growth. https://sggpnews.org.vn/health/updates-of-covid19-development-in-vietnam-92290.html
15 May 2021. China has decided to cancel the 2021 spring climbing season from the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, because of coronavirus concerns, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-05-15/china-cancels-everest-spring-climbing-over-coronavirus-worries
13 May 2021. The HCMC Government asked the municipal departments of Police and Health along with relevant units and local authorities of districts and Thu Duc City to re-establish Covid-19 monitoring and control stations in land, sea border crossings throughout the city.https://sggpnews.org.vn/health/hcmc-reestablishes-covid19-control-stations-in-land-sea-border-crossings-92250.html
12 May 2021. Cambodia Ministry of Health informed that from February 14 to May 9, Cambodia had detected 121 cases of the UK variant – also known as SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7. The variant mutations are more virulent and spread quickly.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-19-variants-cause-concern-health-ministry
11 May 2021. Bangkok recorded its lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in five days on Monday, but the good news was marred by the detection of three new coronavirus clusters in the capital. City officials are carrying out active-case finding.https://11 May 2021. Bangkok recorded its lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in five days on Monday, but the good news was marred by the detection of three new coronavirus clusters in the capital. City officials are carrying out active-case finding.