16 July 2021. With rising COVID-19 new cases, Bangkok metropolitan region is declared a pandemic hotspot by the Thai government. One of the solutions is the collaboration among multi-stakeholders to initiate “Home Isolation” and “Community Isolation”.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40003318

16 July 2021. Number of COVID-19 cases suddenly ballooning in Cambodia. Cambodia has detected more imported cases of the Delta variant and that is the reason why border measures including testing, strict isolation and quarantine remain vital.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894747/ministry-of-health-its-red-line-for-covid-19-drawn-in-the-sand-when-deaths-cross-four-digits/

16 July 2021. Vietnam Deputy Minister of Health shared about revised health ministry guidelines on the mandatory quarantine period and details of a pilot home-quarantine scheme for people who come into direct contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases. https://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/993692/explained-new-home-quarantine-pilot-programme-for-covid-19-patients.html

15 July 2021. A man in China has been hospitalized with the H5N6 strain of avian flu, which is one of several potentially dangerous strains that can infect humans. He was hospitalized in Bazhong, a city in the province of Sichuan.https://consumer.healthday.com/chinese-man-hospitalized-with-h5n6-bird-flu-2653793398.html

15 July 2021. The Myanmar will impose a nationwide lockdown next week, while also expanding the number of public holidays during the week from two to five, in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19 amid a surge in infections and deaths in the country.https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-announces-nationwide-lockdown-next-week-as-covid-19-surges.html

12 July 2021. The Ministry of Health this morning documented 662 local Covid-19 cases, including 544 infections in Ho Chi Minh City and three imported cases, raising the national tally to 30,478.https://sggpnews.org.vn/health/new-covid19-cases-keep-rising-in-vietnam-today-93338.html

12 July 2021. Calls to give medical workers a booster shot are growing and should be a different type of vaccine, citing findings which suggest that another jab confers immunity against more strains, including the highly-infectious Alpha and Delta variants.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2147027/calls-for-booster-jabs-grow-after-nurses-death

12 July 2021. Myanmar’s Health and Sports Ministry informed that total cases almost 200,000 and imposed a stay-at-home order in 18 more towns across the country due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It will be applied to six towns in Bago region and 12 towns in Yangon Region because of the recent increasing COVID-19 infections .https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/07/12/myanmar-imposes-stay-at-home-order-in-18-more-towns-over-covid-19-total-cases-almost-200000

11 July 2021. Cambodia Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said that the laboratory plays an important role in maintaining the quality of agricultural and food safety and protecting public health. The Department of Agro-Industry has cooperated with the China National Research Institute of Food and Fermentation.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-food-lab-protects-public-health

11 July 2021. Epidemic controls in parts of China’s southwestern province of Yunnan were tightened over the weekend as the region scrambled to contain a Covid-19 outbreak on the border with Myanmar. This time amid fears over spread of the more transmissible Delta variant. Yunnan also borders Laos and Vietnam. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3140685/china-tightens-covid-19-controls-myanmar-border-amid-delta