ENEWSLETTER NO.82

30 March 2022. The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 1,565 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Of the new local infections, 1,150 were reported in Jilin, 326 in Shanghai, 26 in Henan, and 16 in Heilongjiang. The rest of the cases were reported in 15 other provincial-level regions.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/30/WS6243b8e3a310fd2b29e541ca.html
30 March 2022. A priority of the Royal Government of Cambodia is to digitalise the country’s health sector and the endeavour has become more needful in the context of Covid-19 containment toward a sustainable recovery.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501049964/cambodias-health-digitalisation-a-more-needful-priority/
30 March 2022. Thailand Ministry of Public Health reported that there are 25,389 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 47 of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad. Death toll increased by 87.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013957
29 March 2022. The Vietnam health ministry has asked localities to prepare to carry out the inoculation of children aged 5-11 years old against COVID-19 as soon as the vaccines are distributed, likely to be in early April.https://vietnamnet.vn/en/society/health-ministry-asks-localities-to-start-inoculation-for-children-aged-5-11-right-when-covid-vaccines-arrive-826393.html
29 March 2022. The Chinese mainland has dispatched a group of traditional Chinese medicine experts to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to provide guidance on treating COVID-19 patients and preventing severe cases and deaths.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/29/WS6242aa8ca310fd2b29e53ef2.html
29 March 2022. Country’s Ministry of Health warned that COVID-19 cases are projected to surge during traditional new year festival in mid-April. The Lao government has ordered to not hold public events celebrating the new year. Meanwhile, Cambodia has re-instated COVID-19 rapid testing for workers returning from Thailand.https://en.vietnamplus.vn/laos-cambodia-move-to-curb-covid19-spread-during-new-year-festival/224243.vnp