4 January 2022. Xian is stepping up efforts to achieve “zero cases in communities”, a situation where all new infections are found among people already in quarantine. That will create good conditions for the city’s next downgrade in virus curbs.https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1870207-chinas-xian-vows-strict-implementation-of-covid-curbs-even-as-cases-decline

4 January 2022. HCM City People’s Committee has just issued urgent guidelines for a five-step quarantine procedure for arriving passengers amid the emergence of the Omicron variant in Việt Nam. https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1111587/hcm-city-issues-quarantine-procedure-for-arrivals-in-face-of-omicron.html

4 January 2022. Phuket’s Public Health Office is urging tourism business operators on the island to strictly follow Covid-19 control measures, after 144 Omicron infections were detected in the province.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2241795/phuket-hit-by-omicron-spike

4 January 2022. Cambodia recorded yet more new Omicron cases, bringing the total to 85 cases of the new variant. Todays official daily new COVID case total (diagnosed by PCR test) was 10 – all the Omicron variant, bringing the COVID case total to 120,526 cases.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000475/omicron-cases-rise-again-for-cambodia-as-fears-of-new-variant-grow/

3 January 2022. The Lao Ministry of Health reported on January 2 that the country had recorded 644 new cases of Covid-19, including three imports, in the past 24 hours in the city and 17 provinces and 6 cases of Covid-19 deaths.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999607/covid-cases-on-the-rise-in-laos/

3 January 2022. Thai MOPH announcing on Monday 2,927 new Covid-19 cases and 18 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours. The total of Omicron cases have risen to 1,145 – with 620 cases on arrivals from abroad and 525 being local infections.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50999710/almost-3000-more-covid-cases-announced-in-thailand-with-omicron-total-now-jumping-above-1000/

30 December 2021. Thai Government officials will work from home after New Year while online classes may be brought back as part of efforts to contain the outbreak of the Omicron coronavirus variant. However, Cambodia will continue to fully resume the re-opening of socio-economic activities which began on November 1.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997614/thai-government-staff-to-wfh-next-week-cambodia-unlikely-to-follow-suit-as-it-maintains-open-economy/

30 December 2021. The risk of community transmission of the new variant from the Vietnam’s first Omicron case detected on Tuesday remains low. In the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam still need to comply with measures recommended by the Government and the health ministry.https://www.sggpnews.org.vn/health/low-risks-of-community-transmission-from-vietnams-first-omicron-case-96543.html

30 December 2021. In Thailand, there were 25 more Covid-19 fatalities and 3,037 new cases. There were 2,956 cases in the general population and 81 among prison inmates.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2239875/3-037-new-covid-cases-25-more-deaths

30 December 2021. Amid fears of large-scale transmission of Omicron variant, Thailand border province authorities are looking at the possibility of implementing strict measures for crossing migrant workers, including mandatory quarantines and PCR testing. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50997363/border-provinces-tightening-up-as-omicron-hits-thailand/