16 August 2021. Myanmar faces a public health crisis as the rate of Covid-19 is much higher than official statements acknowledge. Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotel & Tourism says it will vaccinate all tourism and hospitality staff to enable hotels and guesthouses across the country to reopen.https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2021/08/myanmars-tourism-staff-queue-for-jabs/

16 August 2021. Cambodia continued with its amazing streak of success in vaccinating its population against COVID-19 by vaccinating 551,945 children aged between 12 and 17 since August 1, a hefty achievement within 15 days from the start of the campaign. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50916529/cambodias-success-rate-for-adolescence-increases-to-551807-or-28-05-percent/

16 August 2021. The Public Health Ministry reported that Thailand logged 182 more Covid-19 fatalities and 21,157 new cases over the previous 24 hours. There were 20,499 cases in the general population and 658 among prison inmates.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2165987/182-covid-fatalities-21-157-new-cases-reported

16 August 2021. Myanmar’s Covid-19 crisis is spiraling out of control, as the coronavirus spreads among the most marginalized populations, including those in the country’s prisons. Over 600 Covid-19 cases have been reported in Myanmar’s prisons.https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/16/covid-19-surge-myanmars-prisons

16 August 2021. The National Health Commission informed that the Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 13 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 94,430 by Sunday.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202108/16/WS6119ca1fa310efa1bd66901d.html

16 August 2021. Laos has confirmed 349 new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 10,441. In Vientiane Capital, Hongkae Village in Saysettha District has now been designated as a red zone.https://laotiantimes.com/2021/08/16/laos-confirms-349-new-cases-of-covid-19-with-new-red-zone-in-vientiane/

15 August 2021. Head of the national Covid-19 vaccination committee explained that migrant workers can get the jabs only after have tested negative for Covid-19 following their quarantine and cannot be vaccinated right away once they enter Cambodia.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vandine-migrants-eligible-jabs-post-quarantine

15 August 2021. According to statement from the Ministry of Health, Myanmar reported 2,674 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the country to 354,279 on Sunday.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-08/15/c_1310128716.htm

15 August 2021. In 2020, Vietnam was given many accolades over their apparent success in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic–very low cases and only a few dozen fatalities. Times have changed with the arrival of Delta variant back in April and former mitigation that was working in Vietnam has lost its favor.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/vietnam-covid-19-how-things-have-changed-79975/

15 August 2021. China is facing a new round of sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, mainly caused by the Delta variant. Authorities have taken swift actions to curb the spread of the highly infectious variant. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202108/15/WS61184af4a310efa1bd668d1f.html