9 December 2021. Authorities in Yangtze River Delta (China) have activated emergency response systems to combat the latest round of COVID-19 cases found in major cities in the region in the past few days. All patients were diagnosed with mild COVID-19 symptoms caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/09/WS61b147fda310cdd39bc7a35d.html

9 December 2021. Omicron can spread twice as quickly as the Delta variant and two doses of current vaccinations are unlikely to provide immunity against it. However, it is thought to be less severe than Delta, according to available information from Africa.https://www.nationthailand.com/life/40009798

9 December 2021. Vietnam Prime Minister has asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to promptly build a plan for vaccinating children aged 5-11 against COVID-19. The PM also urged the ministry to further speed up vaccine rollout nationwide as the country is set to complete the inoculation of adults (aged 18 and above) with two jabs by December 15.https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-plans-to-inoculate-children-aged-511-against-covid19/216850.vnp

9 December 2021. Cambodia is now living with COVID-19 and very large number of populations have been vaccinated and the government began reopening the country for business, while continuing to enforce protective health measures.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50985386/cambodia-is-now-living-with-covid-19/

9 December 2021. The Thailand government is expected to ease Covid-19 restrictions further now the situation has started to improve, though two more potential cases of the Omicron variant were detected yesterday. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2228819/two-more-potential-omicron-cases-found

9 December 2021. More than 100 Vietnamese and Lao military doctors provided health checkup for over 2,000 border residents of the two countries from December 5-8. The programme is expected to consolidate and enhance the special solidarity and close ties between Vietnamese and Lao States, people, armies and military medical sectors.https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnamese-lao-military-doctors-provide-medical-checkup-for-border-residents/216849.vnp

9 December 2021. The Chinese mainland reported 60 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Of the new local cases, 42 were reported in Inner Mongolia, 12 in Zhejiang, four in Heilongjiang, and one each in Jiangsu and Yunnan. Also reported were 23 new imported cases in eight provincial-level regions.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/09/WS61b1601ba310cdd39bc7a45f.html

9 December 2021. Thailand Ministry of Public Health reported on Thursday (December 9) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 4,203 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 42 of whom have been found in prisons.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40009779

8 December 2021. Laos’s Tourism Ministry said the government and private sectors are working together to reopen Laos to fully vaccinated tourists in 2022, with specifics on quarantine upon arrival still being discussed.https://thethaiger.com/news/regional/laos-to-reopen-to-fully-vaccinated-international-tourists-in-2022

8 December 2021. China’s medical products regulator said it had approved the use of Brii Biosciences’ neutralising antibody cocktail for COVID-19, the first treatment of its type against the virus given the go-ahead in the country. https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1839602-china-approves-brii-covid-treatment-in-adults-teenagers