18 April 2022. HCM City People’s Committee has instructed relevant agencies to keep a close watch over the sales of COVID-19 treatment drugs. It has tasked the Departments of Health and Information and Communications and others to disseminate relevant laws and the Ministry of Health’s latest guidelines on the use and sales of the drugs.https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1173944/city-keeps-close-watch-over-covid-drugs-cracks-down-on-dubious-products.html

18 April 2022. The Thailand registered 124 more Covid-19 fatalities and 16,994 new cases. It is not included 8,276 positive results from antigen tests over the past 24 hours. This would raise the total to 25,270.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2296370/16-994-new-covid-cases-124-more-deaths

17 April 2022. Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said on Sunday (April 17) that the steps toward shortening the required COVID-19 quarantine time will not be stopped even if surges in COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the future.https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4510102

17 April 2022. During the three-day Khmer New Year, many travelling members of the public – both the old and the young – were vaccinated against Covid-19 at various sites set up by the authorities in pagodas and resorts.https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/spike-covid-19-vaccinations-over-khmer-new-year

17 April 2022. According to new guidance issued by Vietnam’s Ministry of Health, people who have been in close contact with Covid-19 cases (F1 cases) are now no longer required to self-quarantine but have to avoid going to large gatherings.https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2022/04/17/people-in-close-contact-with-covid-19-patients-no-longer-required-to-self-quarantine-says-vietnam-health-ministry

17 April 2022. With support from Cambodia municipal and provincial authorities to follow standard operating procedures laid out by relevant institutions, only 16 new Covid-19 cases were reported, despite there is 2,442,148 travelers visited across the country.https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2022/04/17/cambodia-first-two-days-of-khmer-new-year-saw-over-24-million-revellers-only-16-covid-19-cases-on-sunday-april-16

5 April 2022. Over 100 private hospitals in Thailand have reportedly joined Covid-19 self-treatment programmes under the universal health coverage plan to help patients with mild symptoms recover at home.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2290122/hospitals-join-nhso-scheme

5 April 2022. Viet Nam will begin issuing vaccine passports from April 15. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has reached agreements on the mutual recognition of ‘vaccine passports’ with 17 countries, including Cambodia.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501052923/viet-nam-to-issue-vaccine-passports-from-april-15-cambodia-among-first-17-to-recognise/

5 April 2022. An official said that all the three COVID-19 vaccine candidates Vietnam is developing are currently in the stage of clinical trials, and if they are qualified as assessed by the ethics and advisory councils, the Ministry of Health (MoH) will grant licenses. https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnamdeveloped-covid19-vaccine-candidates-now-in-clinical-trials-official/224568.vnp

5 April 2022. Six out of 46 imported cases of COVID-19 detected in Thailand on Sunday and reported yesterday, came from Cambodia while the remaining 41 came from 18 other countries. They include 11 from the United Kingdom, six from Israel, three each from India and Germany and two each from Ukraine, Singapore and Myanmar.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501052898/six-out-of-46-of-thailands-imported-cases-of-covid-19-are-from-cambodia/