7 March 2022. Cambodia recorded the 31st consecutive day of new triple digit ‘Omicron Surge’ as daily case numbers remain high. New COVID cases (diagnosed by PCR test) was 306 – all the Omicron variant – bringing the COVID case total to 132,708 cases.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501037262/omicron-cases-pass-12000-mark-as-cambodia-records-31st-day-of-surge/
2 March 2022. Cần Thơ General Hospital (Vietnam) is offering patients suffering from ‘long COVID’ a screening and counselling clinic to aid their recovery. In response, the hospital founded a post-COVID-19 clinic, accepting patients who have recently recovered from the disease but are still suffering. https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1160570/can-tho-hospital-provides-support-for-patients-with-long-covid.html
2 March 2022. Thailand Public Health Ministry sought public understanding about the newly launched Outpatient under Self-Isolation service as it manages the transition of Covid-19 to an endemic disease. It expects the new service will replace home isolation.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2272207/outpatient-service-seen-as-the-new-normal
2 March 2022. According to the Myanmar Ministry of Health, more than 50 people died of Covid-19 and the positivity rate was around 10% in February this year. https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/58-died-of-covid-19-positivity-rate-around-10-in-february
2 March 2022. China has spent over a year developing Pfizer-type COVID-19 vaccines that may even help it pivot from stringent “zero-COVID” restrictions. Still, China is unlikely to join the majority of countries in approving foreign-made vaccines based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology before making its own. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/china-perseveres-with-mrna-covid-shot-development-amid-omicron-commercial-2022-02-28/
2 March 2022. Vietnam Ministry of Health yesterday announced the Covid-19 pandemic level assessment in the provinces and cities nationwide as number of Covid-19 infectious cases in localities tended to surge at high. https://www.sggpnews.org.vn/health/many-localities-change-into-red-yellow-zones-97639.html
2 March 2022. Thailand Ministry of Public Health reported that there are 22,197 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 118 of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad. Death toll increased by 45, while 19,093 patients were cured.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40012922
1 March 2022. The Laos National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported that 2.255 tests were conducted across the country, with 224 new cases confirmed. There were 189 cases of community spread and 35 imported cases across the country. https://laotiantimes.com/2022/03/01/laos-confirms-224-new-cases-of-covid-19/
1 March 2022. Cambodia Ministry of Health on March 1 reported 313 new Covid-19 cases, 28 of which were imported and all were confirmed to be the Omicron variant. As of March 1, Cambodia had recorded a total of 130,589 Covid-19 cases.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/another-285-omicron-community-cases-cambodia
1 March 2022. China’s aggressive “zero COVID” strategy has served it remarkably well. But as the highly transmissible Omicron variant seeps into the country and the social and economic costs of zero COVID policy mount, Chinese researchers are examining options for coexisting with the virus, as the rest of the world is doing. https://www.science.org/content/article/china-quietly-plans-pivot-zero-covid