Thailand: Two more Myanmar people in Mae Sot test positive
22 December 2020. Thailand. Leads health officials to visit Wat Chumphon Khiri municipal school in Mae Sot district of Tak after a schoolboy who came in contact with an infected Myanmar woman fell ill. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2039539/two-more-myanmar-people-in-mae-sot-test-positive
Thailand: Samut Sakhon Covid-19 cases exceed 1,000
22 December 2020. Thailand. Another 242 people tested positive in Samut Sakhon province by 1am, taking total cases there in the latest outbreak above 1,000.https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400008
Vietnam: A/H5N6 bird flu reported in northern Vietnam province
23 December 2020. Vietnam. An A/H5N6 bird flu outbreak was detected in northern Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province, resulting in nearly 1,000 poultry culled.https://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-12/23/content_77044364.htm
Laos: Dengue fever cases hit 8,305 in Laos since January
21 December 2020. Laos. Cases of dengue fever in Laos have reached 8,305 since January, including 13 deaths.https://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-12/21/content_77036073.htm
Thailand: Mystery disease killing pigs in Korat
17 December 2020. Thailand. Pig farmers in Nakhon Ratchasima have been ordered to cull their herds if they find signs of a mystery disease that is killing pigs in the Northeast province.https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399765
Nurses among new Covid-19 cases in Thailand
8 December 2020. Thailand. Four medical personnel infected at quarantine facilities in Bangkok are among 19 new Covid-19 cases reported, raising the total to 4,126.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2031923/nurses-among-new-covid-19-cases
Laos reports new death from dengue fever
8 December 2020. Laos.Reported one new death from dengue fever, taking the death toll to 13 in the country.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/08/c_139572943.htm
China reports H5N6 avian influenza death
12 December 2020. Laos.Chinese health authorities report a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in a 81-year-old female farmer from Changzhou of Jiangsu Province.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-reports-h5n6-avian-influenza-death-in-jiangsu-province-76848/
Cat flu strikes village in Nakhon Ratchasima
13 December 2020. Thailand. Residents of a village in Kham Sakaesaeng district, of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, werealarmed after they discovered that more than 20 cats in their community had died and the rest are falling sickhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/cat-flu-strikes-village-in-nakhon-ratchasima/