22 August 2021. The Health Commission of Ningxia has reported a confirmed bubonic plague case in capital Yinchuan, imported from North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Related areas and organizations have initiated emergency protocols in accordance with laws and regulations.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-bubonic-plague-case-reported-in-ningxia-hui-autonomous-region-49058/
20 August 2021. Cambodia Prime Minister decided to end the “campaign to strengthen measures to combat and prevent the spread Covid-19” after 21 days, but advised the capital-provincial administrations to continue to implement practical health measures.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919478/pp-curfew-over-bans-on-gatherings-high-risk-businesses-still-on/
20 August 2021. The Chinese mainland reported four new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including two in Jiangsu and the other two in Yunnan. Also reported were 29 new imported cases, including nine in Guangdong, six in Yunnan, two each in Beijing, Liaoning, Shanghai, Fujian and Henan, and one each in Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu and Sichuan.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202108/20/WS611f1430a310efa1bd66a04d.html
20 August 2021. According to the Thailand Public Health Ministry, there were 240 additional Covid-19 fatalities and 19,851 new cases over the past 24 hours. With these latest figures total cases in the country have now exceeded 1 million.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/really-easy/2168447/covid-cases-exceed-1m
20 August 2021. One Cambodia was recorded as among the 301 declared dead in Thailand as a result of infection from COVID-19. Thai authorities also reported that six people who entered Thailand from Cambodia were also detected as COVID-19 positive.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50919645/one-cambodian-succumbs-to-covid-19-in-thailand-while-another-six-from-cambodia-test-positive/
19 August 2021. Facing the double threats of flu and COVID-19 in the upcoming autumn, some places in China have issued regulations that those who did not get vaccinated will be held responsible if they cause an infection incident. Some places have banned unvaccinated people from entering public places.https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231918.shtml
19 August 2021. BURI RAM: A village in Phlapphlachai district has been sealed off and a Covid-19 outbreak confirmed after local health workers learned that an old woman had concealed the fact her daughter and son-in-law were visiting from Bangkok.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2167847/dodged-quarantine-leads-to-villages-lockdown
19 August 2021. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday clarified Việt Nam’s policies on entry for fully vaccinated arrivals and ensuring equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for foreigners in the country. The health ministry also has issued guidance on quarantine for entrants who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered.https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/1016108/foreign-ministry-clarifies-entry-policies-for-fully-inoculated-arrivals-vaccination-for-foreigners.html
19 August 2021. Phuket province is preparing to temporarily close the Phuket Fishing Port of the Fish Marketing Organisation (FMO) for Covid-19 containment, after a trawler’s 95 crew members were found to have contracted the disease. The Delta variant of Covid-19 is now dominant in the province, resulting in a spike of infection rates. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2167459/phuket-port-to-close-due-to-infections-on-trawler
19 August 2021. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that Southeast Asian nations urgently need more help in securing adequate supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, as the region struggles to contain the world’s highest death toll.https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/southeast-asia-facing-critical-weeks-in-covid-19-fight-red-cross/