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

22 October 2021. Thailand Prime Minister said that Thailand will open the country to visitors from 46 countries, up from the 10 Covid-19 low-risk countries announced earlier, starting from Nov 1.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2202423/thailand-welcomes-visitors-from-46-countries-from-nov-1

22 October 2021. The Chinese mainland reported 28 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 96,665 by Thursday, including 518 patients still receiving treatment.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202110/22/WS61721fcea310cdd39bc7089b.html

22 October 2021. Under the government’s guidance, Thailand Department of Disease Control (DDC) plans to offer the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine as a booster shot for those who received two inactivated Sinopharm vaccine doses.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2202111/ddc-to-approve-boosters-for-sinopharm-recipients

22 October 2021. Twelve checkpoints in the gateways to HCM City (Vietnam) will only check vaccination records and will not require a negative COVID-19 test for people traveling to HCM City, except for those coming from “very high-risk” areas.https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1063159/hcm-city-no-longer-requires-negative-covid-19-test-for-vaccinated-visitors.html

22 October 2021. In Camnbodia, the vaccination campaign for adolescents aged 12 to 17 has hit a bottleneck after reaching 90.53%. It has been stuck in 90% % vaccinated range since before the Pchum Benh holiday with 1,780,707 having receiving their first dose out of the targeted 1,966,931 adolescents.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50957004/vaccination-of-adolescents-in-cambodia-against-covid-19-hits-bottleneck-at-90-53-percent-vaccinated/