30 July 2021. In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in Myanmar, where cases and deaths are soaring since mid-June and patients are struggling to access oxygen against a backdrop of escalating conflict. Current situation has driven the country’s already fragile healthcare system into the ground during a global pandemic. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/07/myanmar-covid-19-surges-overwhelming-shattered-healthcare-system/

30 July 2021. Authorities in southern Laos’ Savannakhet and Champasak provinces are setting up more quarantine centers and makeshift hospitals to cope with the influx of Lao nationals returning from foreign countries.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-07/30/c_1310096792.htm

30 July 2021. China’s successful COVID-19 containment strategy is being put through one of its biggest tests yet as the contagious Delta coronavirus variant rips through Asia. Health officials have recorded dozens of new daily cases in the eastern city of Nanjing after the outbreak first started among workers at the city’s airport.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-30/how-china-tackles-delta-fuelled-coronavirus-outbreak-in-nanjing/100323692

30 July 2021. According to the “Implementation of Standard Operating Procedures for the Management, Care, and Treatment of Covid-19 Patients at Home” issued on July 29, the Cambodia Ministry of Health commanded the governors of 22 more provinces to check and prepare the qualifications for the treatment of Covid-19 patients with mild or asymptomatic cases to be treated at their homes.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904948/ministry-of-health-instructs-provincial-governors-to-implement-home-treatment-for-mild-or-asymptomatic-cases/

26 July 2021. Eastern China currently has the highest AMR rates, and southwestern and northeastern China would benefit the most from additional surveillance efforts. Instead of distributing new surveys evenly across administrative divisions, using geographically targeted surveillance could reduce AMR prediction uncertainty by two-fold.https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00320-x

27 July 2021. The Lao Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 169 COVID-19 cases and one new death over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 5,154 cases and six deaths.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-07/27/c_1310089281.htm

27 July 2021. China reported 71 new COVID-19 cases on July 26, the national health authority informed on Tuesday, as an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant threatens the eastern city of Nanjing. https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1667163-china-reports-71-new-covid-19-cases-as-delta-outbreak-hits-nanjing

27 July 2021. As COVID-19 rages in Southeast Asia, regional governments are racing to roll out their national vaccination programmes. It has struggled with securing sufficient vaccines and an uncertain delivery schedule, among other issues.https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thailand-covid-19-vaccination-shortage-astrazeneca-sinovac-15268932

27 July 2021. The Ministry of Health has announced the discovery of 39 new ‘Delta’ variant cases – with 18 of them being local cases. From March 31, 2021 to July 25, 2021, Cambodia has detected a total of 114 cases of the ‘Delta’ variant of COVID-19.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902099/delta-variant-local-cases-detected-inside-cambodia/

26 July 2021. The number of COVID-19 fatalities in the third wave of coronavirus has exceeded the combined total of COVID-19 deaths in the first two waves of the pandemic, according to the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS).https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-third-wave-covid-19-deaths-now-exceed-fatalities-in-first-and-second-waves.html