17 February 2021. HCMC and some northern localities will isolate people returning from Covid-19 hotspots after Tet for 14 days to prevent possible coronavirus spread, especially in the current Covid-19 epicenter.https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-mandates-14-day-quarantine-for-returnees-from-covid-19-hotspots-after-tet-4236113.html

17 February 2021. Details of COVID-19 availability in all ten ASEAN countries and another 30 Asian nations. Due to the developing situation in China and Asia concerning the Coronavirus, this article as a running live update service to keep updated information with the latest news.https://www.aseanbriefing.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-roll-outs-in-asean-asia-live-updates-by-country/

16 February 2021. Watching for novel pathogens in Southeast Asia has recently become an important part of the global effort to understand the pandemic. The Cambodian report helped confirm the accuracy of the P.C.R. test, and it revealed that only minor changes in the sequences were appearing.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/world/a-lab-in-cambodia-is-on-the-lookout-for-the-next-pandemic.html

15 February 2021. Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are urgently seeking access to hundreds of thousands of blood samples from the city that China has not so far let them examine.https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/14/health/who-mission-china-intl/index.html

14 February 2021. Thailand, as one of the leading tourist destinations in the world, is not convinced about the vaccine passport yet. The health authorities of Thailand states that the best international agreement on traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic is still a 14-day quarantine.https://scandasia.com/thailand-not-onboard-with-nordic-and-eu-vaccine-passports-yet/

14 February 2021. A team of experts selected by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic returned last week from Wuhan, site of the world’s first outbreak. With Chinese scientists, they plans to produce a joint report on the possible origins of the virus.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/health/WHO-covid-daszak-china-virus.html?referringSource=articleShare

11 February 2021. It is probably premature to offer an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s possible consequences. Many of the (mostly Asia-Pacific) countries that took the most aggressive steps to tackle the coronavirus seem to be in a much stronger position than the West.https://theaseanpost.com/article/plague-year-what-we-learnt

11 February 2021. Thailand announced plans to inoculate 1 million of its most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by May and start mass vaccinations in June, with the aim of administering 10 million doses a month.https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thailand-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-10-million-monthly-14173216

10 February 2021. Prevalence of asymptomatic intestinal parasitic infections (IPI) is much higher than symptomatic cases. One Health (OH) approach and multi-sectorial collaboration are key to form specific intervention in reducing the IPI prevalence and mitigating disease-related risks. The intervention might be applied to address other infectious diseases in the future.https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)00101-6/fulltext

10 February 2021. Cambodia launched its coronavirus inoculation drive on Wednesday, using 600,000 vaccine doses, with the sons of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and government ministers among the first recipients.https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Cambodia-COVID-vaccinations-begin-with-Hun-Sen-s-sons-ministers