26 May 2021. World Health Organization reported that the coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, taking the total to 60.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2121983/indian-covid-19-variant-found-in-at-least-53-territories-who
26 May 2021. Taiwan will immediately strengthen 5 epidemic prevention measures under its Level 3 alert to better gird the community’s line of defense. The five rules apply to mask-wearing, leisure and entertainment venues, restaurants, weddings and funerals, and religious gatherings.https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4210925
25 May 2021. Thailand authorities yesterday launched off a mass vaccination programme for the elderly and those with chronic health conditions in Nakhon Ratchasima with the aim of immunising 9,000 people per day.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2121011/korat-vaccinations-kick-off
24 May 2021. Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) requesting that the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) expand its vaccination campaign to factories in the provinces in the near future.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-requests-rapid-vaccination-all-factory-workers-provinces
24 May 2021. The number of local coronavirus infections in Vietnam’s epicenter Bac Giang Province has surpassed 1,000 in the ongoing fourth wave as the Ministry of Health confirmed 184 additional domestic cases nationwide on Monday.https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20210524/local-coronavirus-cases-cross-1000-in-vietnams-epicenter-bac-giang-in-this-4th-wave/61120.html
23 May 2021. Health officials in Ratanakiri province in northeast Cambodia are reporting an increase in chikungunya cases. Officials note that 100 people contracted chikungunya in O’Chum district.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/cambodia-chikungunya-increases-reported-in-ratanakiri-province-32768/
23 May 2021. An outbreak of lumpy skin disease among cattle has been reported in many districts of this Thai northeastern border province. The government said on Sunday more than 6,700 cows and buffaloes in 35 provinces had been affected.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2120295/lumpy-skin-disease-outbreak-in-cattle-in-nakhon-phanom
19 May 2021. China’s agriculture ministry on Wednesday said it had confirmed an outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza in a flock of wild birds at a wetlands park in the city of Nagqu in Tibet. The outbreak infected and killed 268 of the birds.https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/china-reports-h5n8-avian-flu-outbreak-wild-birds-tibet-2021-05-19/
18 May 2021. Covid-19 infections continue to surge in Bangkok with 28 clusters now detected across 19 districts. Prisons and construction camps have been identified as main sources of the latest outbreak.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2117591/clusters-surge-across-capital
18 May 2021. Cambodia Ministry of Health received 4,000 Covid-19 rapid antigen test kits to be distributed to referral hospitals across Cambodia. The use of rapid antigen test for all patients who come to Cambodia’s health centres has become standard operating procedure across the nation’s healthcare system.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-receives-more-covid-19-rapid-antigen-tests