01 October 2021. Parts of Muang district in this southern Thailand province will be placed under lockdown amid concern over a rise in local Covid-19 infections. Checkpoints will be set up to screen people entering the areas.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2191011/muang-nakhon-si-thammarat-locked-down

01 October 2021. Initial results of the clinical trials of Vietnam’s ARCT-154 show that this mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is safe for healthy volunteers. Phase 2 and 3a of the trials are being carried out in Hanoi, nearby Bac Ninh province, and southern Vin Long province.https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/10/01/vietnam039s-arct-154-vaccine-safe-for-healthy-volunteers-according-to-initial-results

01 October 2021. Myanmar’s Foreign Affairs Ministry announced the extension of entry restrictions for travelers until Oct. 31. The suspension will be applied to all travelers, the issuance of all types of visas and visa exemptions services until the end of this month.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-10/01/c_1310222216.htm

01 October 2021. After seven days of daily new case figures exceeding 800, Cambodia saw a dramatic drop in new cases on October 1 with the lowest daily count since April. The Cambodian Ministry of Health reported 232 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.https://en.vietnamplus.vn/cambodia-sees-covid19-daily-caseload-dropping-to-lowest-since-april/209036.vnp

29 September 2021. Cambodia has enough COVID-19 vaccines to provide for people as booster doses. With the newly arrived vaccines, Cambodia has now some 35.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and has so far vaccinated about 82.53% of total population.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50943846/cambodia-has-enough-vaccines-for-booster-doses-says-ministry-of-health-official/

29 September 2021. The Labour Ministry has provided a timeframe for employers to register undocumented migrant workers, allowing them to work legally in Thailand with the labour management of nationals from 3 countries — Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia — in a bid to control and prevent further Covid-19 outbreaks.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2189163/ministry-pushes-to-register-migrants

29 September 2021. The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 11 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Of the new local cases, eight were reported in Heilongjiang and three in Fujian. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 96,106 by Tuesday, including 949 patients still receiving treatment.https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202109/29/WS6153c9b2a310cdd39bc6c4ab.html

29 September 2021. The Thailand Public Health Ministry expects the number of new Covid-19 cases to decline while remaining concerned that daily infections may again rise at a later date. Key factors feared to trigger a new surge in daily Covid-19 infections include infection clusters and the spread of new variants of the coronavirus.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2189123/virus-cases-tipped-to-fall

29 September 2021. Myanmar reported 1,630 new Covid-19 cases with 48 more deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of COVID-19 infections has risen to 461,066 while its death toll increased to 17,631 as of Tuesday.https://english.lokmat.com/health/myanmar-reports-1630-new-covid-cases-48-more-deaths/

28 September 2021. In Vietnam, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Health and other units, reviewed the national plan on rabies control and elimination for 2017-2021 and collected comments on Vietnam’s draft national plan for 2022 – 2030. The conference saw the participation of 63 provinces and cities nationwide.https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-strives-to-end-rabiescaused-deaths-by-2030/208789.vnp