28 December 2021. Vietnam District and village authorities will be tasked with policing parties and gatherings, which will be promptly shut down and violators detained. The notice comes amid fears of an outbreak of the Omicron variant.https://laotiantimes.com/2021/12/28/covid-curbs-dampen-new-year-celebrations-vientiane-capital/

28 December 2021. Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi province, has tightened control measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus after the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city continued to witness sharp growth.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/28/WS61ca7d45a310cdd39bc7ddfc.html

28 December 2021. Vietnam Prime Minister has called on the nation to do everything necessary to protect the most vulnerable against COVID-19. He also urged medical teams to go door-to-door to identify those who have not been vaccinated and arrange inoculations, especially for those people with mobility difficulties.https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40010498

28 December 2021. Thailand Ministry of Public Health reported that there are 2,305 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 54 of whom have been found in prisons. The country’s total caseload from Covid-19 stands at 2,214,712 – 2,159,443 of whom have recovered, 33,639 are still in hospitals and 21,630 have died.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40010496

28 December 2021. Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District has been treating asymptomatic COVID-19 patients at home, with the model garnering praise from residents. The district uses software to monitor COVID-19 patients under guidance of health department. Through this software, the medical force can provide appropriate and timely support.https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1109658/ha-nois-model-of-treating-covid-19-patients-at-home-applauded-by-local-people.html

28 December 2021. First case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in Việt Nam. The carrier is a man who arrived in Hà Nội from the United Kingdom.https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1109711/man-from-uk-becomes-viet-nams-first-omicron-case.html

27 December 2021. A handful of Myanmar nurses have been running makeshift clinics to treat Covid patients with medicine smuggled past military checkpoints.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2238451/treating-covid-patients-in-secret-myanmar-clinics

27 December 2021. In a report in journal, Infection, Genetics and Evolution,  researchers describe a fatal case of Balamuthia mandrillaris in a 15 -year-old male from Guizhou Province, China. He did progress into a coma and died due to multiple organ failure.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/balamuthia-mandrillaris-death-reported-in-china-55603/

27 December 2021. The Cambodia Ministry of Health reported 15 new Covid-19 cases, all of which were imported and confirmed to be the Omicron variant. As of December 27, Cambodia had recorded a total of 120,464 Covid-19 cases and 3,009 fatalities.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-records-15-new-omi-cron-cases

27 December 2021. The number of patients infected with the Omicron strain in Thailand has risen to 514, with two-thirds of them being tourists. The newest cluster of concern was found in Si Sa Ket, where a couple travelling back from Belgium and are believed to have transmitted the virus to 125 people with another 97 awaiting confirmation. The cluster is also believed to be linked to six infections in Udon Thani and four in Lamphun. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40010482