30 March 2022. The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 1,565 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Of the new local infections, 1,150 were reported in Jilin, 326 in Shanghai, 26 in Henan, and 16 in Heilongjiang. The rest of the cases were reported in 15 other provincial-level regions.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/30/WS6243b8e3a310fd2b29e541ca.html

30 March 2022. A priority of the Royal Government of Cambodia is to digitalise the country’s health sector and the endeavour has become more needful in the context of Covid-19 containment toward a sustainable recovery.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501049964/cambodias-health-digitalisation-a-more-needful-priority/

30 March 2022. Thailand Ministry of Public Health reported that there are 25,389 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 47 of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad. Death toll increased by 87.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013957

29 March 2022. The Vietnam health ministry has asked localities to prepare to carry out the inoculation of children aged 5-11 years old against COVID-19 as soon as the vaccines are distributed, likely to be in early April.https://vietnamnet.vn/en/society/health-ministry-asks-localities-to-start-inoculation-for-children-aged-5-11-right-when-covid-vaccines-arrive-826393.html

29 March 2022. The Chinese mainland has dispatched a group of traditional Chinese medicine experts to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to provide guidance on treating COVID-19 patients and preventing severe cases and deaths.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/29/WS6242aa8ca310fd2b29e53ef2.html

29 March 2022. Country’s Ministry of Health warned that COVID-19 cases are projected to surge during traditional new year festival in mid-April. The Lao government has ordered to not hold public events celebrating the new year. Meanwhile, Cambodia has re-instated COVID-19 rapid testing for workers returning from Thailand.https://en.vietnamplus.vn/laos-cambodia-move-to-curb-covid19-spread-during-new-year-festival/224243.vnp

28 March 2022. Surin is poised to be the first province in Thailand to classify the spread of Covid-19 as an endemic, as residents have cooperated well in maintaining public health safety under Public Health Ministry’s Covid-free setting guidelines.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2285990/surin-gets-ready-for-endemic-status

28 March 2022. Millions of people in China’s financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockdown to curb the nation’s biggest Covid outbreak.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2286338/half-of-shanghai-in-lockdown-to-curb-covid-19-outbreak

28 March 2022. Cambodia today recorded the 52^nd consecutive day of the new ‘Omicron Surge’ – but numbers appear to be dropping. Today’s official daily new COVID case total was 54 – all the Omicron variant – bringing the COVID case total to 135,513 cases.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048645/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-daily-cases-low-again-for-cambodia/

28 March 2022. The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 1,219 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Of new cases, 1,086 were reported in Jilin, 50 in Shanghai, 12 in Liaoning, and 10 in Heilongjiang. The rest of cases were reported in 14 provincial-level regions. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/28/WS62411515a310fd2b29e53a1c.html