19 August 2021. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified Việt Nam’s policies on entry for fully vaccinated arrivals and ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for foreigners in the country. The health ministry also has issued guidance on quarantine for entrants who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered.https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/1016108/foreign-ministry-clarifies-entry-policies-for-fully-inoculated-arrivals-vaccination-for-foreigners.html

19 August 2021. Phuket province is preparing to temporarily close the Phuket Fishing Port of the Fish Marketing Organisation (FMO) for Covid-19 containment, after a trawler’s 95 crew members were found to have contracted the disease. The Delta variant of Covid-19 is now dominant in the province, resulting in a spike of infection rates. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2167459/phuket-port-to-close-due-to-infections-on-trawler

19 August 2021. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that Southeast Asian nations urgently need more help in securing adequate supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, as the region struggles to contain the world’s highest death toll.https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/southeast-asia-facing-critical-weeks-in-covid-19-fight-red-cross/

19 August 2021. Hong Kong health officials reported an additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in mainland China. From 2014 to date, 39 human.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-reports-another-human-h5n6-avian-influenza-case-17441/

19 August 2021. Vietnam’s health ministry reported 10,654 COVID-19 infections on Thursday, a daily record increase. The country is battling its biggest outbreak since the pandemic began, with the majority of its 312,611 cases and 7,150 deaths recorded.https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1699035-vietnam-reports-record-10654-covid-19-daily-infections

18 August 2021. Emergency taxi teams now operate in many districts in the city. There is a plan to achieve a total of 200 taxis under the model by the end of this month.https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1014446/emergency-taxi-teams-support-covid-19-patients-in-hcm-city.html

18 August 2021. Siem Reap provincial authority announced the reopening of primary health check posts at the province’s three main entries through Chi Kreng, Kralanh, and Srei Snam districts This reactivation aimed at monitoring health information of travellers as well as visitors to one of the most visited provinces of Cambodia.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918177/siem-reap-reactivates-primary-health-check-posts-as-a-result-of-burgeoning-covid-19-cases/

18 August 2021. The Hanoi Medical University has started the first phase of clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine ARCT-154 with the participation of 100 volunteers.https://sggpnews.org.vn/health/vietnam-starts-clinical-trial-of-arct154-c19-vaccine-94091.html

18 August 2021. China’s State Council inter-departmental task force for COVID-19 response has decided to build mechanisms for infection prevention and control within medical institutions.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202108/18/WS611c71bea310efa1bd66986e.html

18 August 2021. On Wednesday morning, Thailand Public Health Ministry reported that there were record 312 Covid-19 deaths and 20,515 new cases over the past 24 hours. There were 20,267 cases in the general population and 248 in prisons. https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/really-easy/2167179/record-312-covid-deaths-20-515-new-cases-wednesday