22 December 2021. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, foreign visitors can still gain entry into Thailand under the Phuket Sandbox programme and by using AQ (alternate quarantine) services after suspension of the Thailand Pass.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40010278

22 December 2021. Narrowing the gap in hospital care is vital to ensuring that everyone has equal access to medical facilities. Yên Bái Province (Vietnam) has been focusing on deploying new and specialised techniques that bring practical benefits to all patients.https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1109104/yen-bai-province-strives-to-close-health-care-gap.html

22 December 2021. China’s domestically developed monoclonal neutralizing antibody therapy for COVID-19 treatment could be used clinically in the country within weeks after it was included in the country’s Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for COVID-19－adding a tool to the global arsenal against the coronavirus.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/22/WS61c26000a310cdd39bc7cbd1.html

22 December 2021. While Cambodia has detected four Covid-19 cases with the Omicron variant, neighbouring Thailand will reinstate its mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors and scrapped a quarantine waiver from yesterday.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50992739/omicron-wreaks-global-havoc-cambodia-is-prepared-and-ready/

22 December 2021. Most of the group of 31 Thais who returned from a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Dec 15 have now been found to have been infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant.https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/2236047/25-thais-from-tour-group-have-omicron

22 December 2021. Myanmar has reported 259 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total tally to 528,639. Four new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 19,230.https://www.dtnext.in/News/World/2021/12/22080645/1335194/Myanmar-reports-259-new-Covid-cases.vpf

22 December 2021. the Ministry of Health, Laos has recorded 1,341 cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with four new deaths. Laos now has 11,833 active cases of Covid-19, with 288 confirmed deaths, and 101,833 total cases.  https://laotiantimes.com/2021/12/22/laos-confirms-

22 December 2021. Thailand Ministry of Public Health reported that in the past 24 hours there are 2,532 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 48 of whom have been found in prisons. Cumulative cases in country are at 2,199,061 with 21,471 total deaths.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40010268

22 December 2021. China reported 77 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Dec. 21. Of the new infections, 57 were locally transmitted, Most of the new local cases were in the northwestern province of Shaanxi.https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-reports-77-new-covid-19-cases-dec-21-vs-81-day-earlier-2021-12-22/

21 December 2021. The Cambodia Ministry of Health yesterday issued a notification on the administering of the booster r third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents aged 12 to 18 from January 3, 2022 (start in Phnom Penh, Kandal, Sihanoukville, Koh Kong).https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50992224/the-ministry-of-health-announces-administering-of-booster-dose-or-the-third-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-to-children-and-adolescents-from-12-to-under-18/