16 August 2021. Myanmar’s Covid-19 crisis is spiraling out of control, as the coronavirus spreads among the most marginalized populations, including those in the country’s prisons. Over 600 Covid-19 cases have been reported in Myanmar’s prisons.https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/16/covid-19-surge-myanmars-prisons

16 August 2021. The National Health Commission informed that the Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 13 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 94,430 by Sunday.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202108/16/WS6119ca1fa310efa1bd66901d.html

16 August 2021. Laos has confirmed 349 new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 10,441. In Vientiane Capital, Hongkae Village in Saysettha District has now been designated as a red zone.https://laotiantimes.com/2021/08/16/laos-confirms-349-new-cases-of-covid-19-with-new-red-zone-in-vientiane/

15 August 2021. Head of the national Covid-19 vaccination committee explained that migrant workers can get the jabs only after have tested negative for Covid-19 following their quarantine and cannot be vaccinated right away once they enter Cambodia.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vandine-migrants-eligible-jabs-post-quarantine

15 August 2021. According to statement from the Ministry of Health, Myanmar reported 2,674 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 354,279 on Sunday.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-08/15/c_1310128716.htm

15 August 2021. In 2020, Vietnam was given many accolades over their apparent success in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic–very low cases and only a few dozen fatalities. Times have changed with the arrival of Delta variant back in April and former mitigation that was working in Vietnam has lost its favor.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/vietnam-covid-19-how-things-have-changed-79975/

15 August 2021. China is facing a new round of sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, mainly caused by the Delta variant. Authorities have taken swift actions to curb the spread of the highly infectious variant. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202108/15/WS61184af4a310efa1bd668d1f.html

15 August 2021. In the 2 days following the government’s reopening of Cambodia border crossings with Thailand, more than 2,300 migrant workers have returned through checkpoints in four provinces and hundreds of them have tested positive for Covid-19.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-border-reopened-workers-many-covid

15 August 2021. Officials in North China’s Shanxi Province are reporting nine suspected human anthrax cases in villagers from Wenshui County. All of the patients were involved in the cattle industry, from breeding, to slaughter and beef sales.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-reports-9-suspect-anthrax-cases-in-shanxi-province-16843/

13 August 2021. Trần Đắc Phu, senior advisor to the Việt Nam Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), talks to Việt Nam Government about the correct deployment of COVID-19 antigen tests to avoid waste and incorrect outbreak assessments.https://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/1010059/senior-public-health-expert-warns-against-careless-use-of-covid-19-rapid-test-kits.html