26 October 2021. The Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism has launched the Lao Tourism Recovery Roadmap for 2021-2025, aiming to support the recovery of the tourism sector in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak by promoting domestic travel.https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/10/26/news/world/lao-starts-tourism-recovery-roadmap/1819712

26 October 2021. In Cambodia, the number of fully vaccinated people against COVID-19 has crossed the 13 million mark as of October 25 with a total of 13,009,481 being registered as fully vaccinated with both doses of the vaccine.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959006/cambodias-fully-vaccinated-cross-13-million-mark-out-of-targeted-14-5-million/

26 October 2021. Thailand Ministry of Public Health reported that there are 7,706 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 128 of whom have been found in prisons. Cumulative cases in the country are at 1,866,863 with 18,865 total deaths.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40007985

26 October 2021. The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 29 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Of the new local cases, 16 were reported in Inner Mongolia, six in Gansu, three each in Beijing and Ningxia, and one in Shandong.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202110/26/WS61775fb9a310cdd39bc714cf.html

25 October 2021. The latest COVID-19 cluster in the northern Vietnamese province of Phu Tho has caused 395 positive cases, including 80 workers in two industrial parks. All people who are close contacts have been suspended from work and placed in quarantine.https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20211025/in-northern-vietnam-80-factory-workers-of-13-companies-diagnosed-with-covid19/63775.html

25 October 2021. Myanmar’s Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for Covid-19 announced further extension of the closure of schools nationwide until the end of October. The Ministry of Health has been administering Covid-19 vaccine doses to middle and high school students aged over 12 years since October 12.https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/10/25/news/world/myanmar-extends-schools-closure/1819594

25 October 2021. Health authorities in Laos have launched a new enhanced Covid-19 vaccination certificate with a QR Code for greater authenticity, digital verification, and can be more easily monitored, as well as being of greater use when traveling abroad.https://laotiantimes.com/2021/10/25/laos-launches-covid-19-vaccination-certificate-with-qr-code/

25 October 2021. The Cambodia government will waive quarantine for medical workers and frontline service providers at treatment facilities who maintain strict health measures while on duty and receive negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/quarantine-waived-health-workers-and-service-providers

25 October 2021. The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has risen to 494,974 on Monday after 711 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. Ministry of Health said 22 new deaths were recorded, bringing the death toll to 18,560 in the country.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-10/25/c_1310268213.htm

22 October 2021. Under new guidelines of safe, flexible, effective adaptation to COVID-19 pandemic released by Government: vaccine passports from 72 countries have been accepted by Vietnamese authorities to allow people to enter from abroad.https://www.nationthailand.com/international/40007824