30 July 2021. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic situation and quarantine facilities’ capacity in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, the Provincial People’s Committee decided to suspend the reception of returners from pandemic-hit localities following the Ministry of Health’s epidemiological map, starting from the beginning of August.https://sggpnews.org.vn/health/quang-ngai-province-halts-receiving-returners-from-covid19-hit-localities-93710.html

30 July 2021. That Thailand’s coronavirus pandemic has been grossly mismanaged is self-evident. Infection rates have soared to new highs this month while vaccine availability and access remain shoddy and abysmal. The overstretched healthcare system is creaking under growing demand.https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2156963/correcting-the-pandemic-policy-tack

30 July 2021. In response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in Myanmar, where cases and deaths are soaring since mid-June and patients are struggling to access oxygen against a backdrop of escalating conflict. Current situation has driven the country’s already fragile healthcare system into the ground during a global pandemic. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/07/myanmar-covid-19-surges-overwhelming-shattered-healthcare-system/

30 July 2021. Authorities in southern Laos’ Savannakhet and Champasak provinces are setting up more quarantine centers and makeshift hospitals to cope with the influx of Lao nationals returning from foreign countries.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-07/30/c_1310096792.htm

30 July 2021. China’s successful COVID-19 containment strategy is being put through one of its biggest tests yet as the contagious Delta coronavirus variant rips through Asia. Health officials have recorded dozens of new daily cases in the eastern city of Nanjing after the outbreak first started among workers at the city’s airport.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-30/how-china-tackles-delta-fuelled-coronavirus-outbreak-in-nanjing/100323692

30 July 2021. According to the “Implementation of Standard Operating Procedures for the Management, Care, and Treatment of Covid-19 Patients at Home” issued on July 29, the Cambodia Ministry of Health commanded the governors of 22 more provinces to check and prepare the qualifications for the treatment of Covid-19 patients with mild or asymptomatic cases to be treated at their homes.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904948/ministry-of-health-instructs-provincial-governors-to-implement-home-treatment-for-mild-or-asymptomatic-cases/

26 July 2021. Eastern China currently has the highest AMR rates, and southwestern and northeastern China would benefit the most from additional surveillance efforts. Instead of distributing new surveys evenly across administrative divisions, using geographically targeted surveillance could reduce AMR prediction uncertainty by two-fold.https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00320-x

27 July 2021. The Lao Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 169 COVID-19 cases and one new death over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 5,154 cases and six deaths.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-07/27/c_1310089281.htm

27 July 2021. China reported 71 new COVID-19 cases on July 26, the national health authority informed on Tuesday, as an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant threatens the eastern city of Nanjing. https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/1667163-china-reports-71-new-covid-19-cases-as-delta-outbreak-hits-nanjing

27 July 2021. As COVID-19 rages in Southeast Asia, regional governments are racing to roll out their national vaccination programmes. It has struggled with securing sufficient vaccines and an uncertain delivery schedule, among other issues.https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thailand-covid-19-vaccination-shortage-astrazeneca-sinovac-15268932