28 March 2022. Surin is poised to be the first province in Thailand to classify the spread of Covid-19 as an endemic, as residents have cooperated well in maintaining public health safety under Public Health Ministry’s Covid-free setting guidelines.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2285990/surin-gets-ready-for-endemic-status

28 March 2022. Millions of people in China’s financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockdown to curb the nation’s biggest Covid outbreak.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2286338/half-of-shanghai-in-lockdown-to-curb-covid-19-outbreak

28 March 2022. Cambodia today recorded the 52^nd consecutive day of the new ‘Omicron Surge’ – but numbers appear to be dropping. Today’s official daily new COVID case total was 54 – all the Omicron variant – bringing the COVID case total to 135,513 cases.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048645/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-daily-cases-low-again-for-cambodia/

28 March 2022. The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 1,219 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Of new cases, 1,086 were reported in Jilin, 50 in Shanghai, 12 in Liaoning, and 10 in Heilongjiang. The rest of cases were reported in 14 provincial-level regions. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/28/WS62411515a310fd2b29e53a1c.html