19 September 2021. In Cambodia, vaccinations for children aged 6 to 11 have reached over 14% of that population in just two days after kicking off on September 17. Covid-19 vaccinations for children were on a voluntary basis.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-jabs-be-voluntary-consent-guardians

19 September 2021. Vietnam has approved the use of the Abdala vaccine for emergency authorized administration purposes, developed by Cuba’s Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Cuba would supply large quantities of Abdala to Vietnam and transfer the production technology by the end of the year.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/vietnam-taps-cubas-abdala-vaccine-for-country-vax-program-27547/

19 September 2021. Cambodia Minister of Health urged the Phnom Penh municipal governor and his provincial counterparts to promote greater community awareness and participation in the Covid-19 fight, amid an eight-day trend of over 600 new daily cases.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-surge-prompts-anti-covid-education-campaign

13 September 2021. Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island will be the country’s first tourist destination reopened to fully-vaccinated foreign visitors beginning in November. https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2181003/vietnam-to-open-phu-quoc-for-vaccinated-foreign-tourists-in-nov

13 September 2021. The city of Putian, Fujian province (China), had reported 32 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 32 local asymptomatic carriers. The town of Fengting, in Xianyou, has been classified as a COVID-19 high-risk area.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202109/13/WS613e8f64a310efa1bd66ee64.html

13 September 2021. In order to reduce the spreading speed of Covid-19 in crowded areas, the Mass Mobilization Commission of Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam) is cooperating with the localities to relocate people living in rented rooms and slums to temporary shelters established inside schools, stadiums, motels. https://www.sggpnews.org.vn/hochiminhcity/hcmc-faces-trouble-in-finding-shelter-to-decentralize-residents-94654.html

13 September 2021. The second-phase reopening is being launched after the first-phase reopening of four provinces in the South, Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi and Surat Thani, under sandbox conditions proved to be a success.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40006080

13 September 2021. The Cambodia Ministry of Health on September 13 reported 629 new Covid-19 cases, 113 of which were imported. As of September 13, Cambodia had recorded a total of 100,133 Covid-19 cases with 94,326 recoveries and 2,049 fatalities.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nine-more-covid-deaths-629-infections-cambodia

13 September 2021. Vietnam is speeding up its vaccination program in an effort to loosen coronavirus lockdown restrictions in major cities by the end of the month. More than a million vaccine shots were given over the weekend in Hanoihttps://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-09-13/vietnam-speeds-up-hanoi-vaccine-drive-1m-jabs-over-weekend

12 September 2021. A city in southern China that is trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak told the public not to leave town, suspended bus and train service and closed cinemas, bars and other facilities. China declared the coronavirus under control in early 2020 but has suffered outbreaks of the more contagious delta variant. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-china-990d7440d21e3b572c308cf6b7792ae1