23 July 2021. Thailand – Samut Sakhon governor has ordered his provincial staff to break Public Health Ministry regulations about isolating Covid-19 infected people when lives are at risk. The province has planned to set up 32 community isolation centres to separate infected people from their families to help contain the spread.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2153187/break-isolation-rules-if-needed

23 July 2021. Shortages of medical supplies and equipment in Myanmar have kept workers with a community group busy doing what they can to help people amid soaring COVID-19 infections. The authorities have imposed stay-at-home orders on 86 townships, after 12 townships were added to the list of places subject to restrictions.https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202107/23/WS60fa0254a310efa1bd663d19.html

23 July 2021. The Mekong nations and India will further enhance cooperation on combating the Covid-19 pandemic, promoting public health and developing medical research. The commitment was made at the end of the 11th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held by virtual videoconference.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50899813/mgc-nations-to-cooperate-more-on-c-19-fight-and-health-issues/

22 July 2021. The municipal CDC warned that the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in HCMC is yet to reach its peak and the numbers could keep rising in the coming days. Going forward, the city has prepared several scenarios for following up on the 15-day social distancing order imposed since July 9.https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-covid-19-outbreak-yet-to-peak-health-authorities-4328935.html

19 July 2021. All foreigners aged 75 and above, who are residing in Thailand and have yet to receive any Covid-19 vaccines, can walk in from Monday at the Central Vaccination Centre – Bangsue Grand Station every day, between 9am and 4pm.https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40003428

19 July 2021. The announcement of another 315 imported cases into Cambodia, predominantly Cambodian migrant workers fleeing the ravages of the virus in Thailand has added tremendous pressure on provincial health infrastructure, especially those bordering Thailand and Siem Reap.https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50896452/cambodia-covid-19-315-imported-cases-add-pressure-to-cambodias-provincial-health-care-system/

19 July 2021. Authorities in Champasack – Laos P.D.R have announced they will retest occupants of quarantine centers, while employees working at the centers will be barred from leaving.https://laotiantimes.com/2021/07/19/champasack-orders-covid-retest-at-quarantine-centers/

18 July 2021. The HCMC Covid-19 Intensive Care Hospital has received 160 severe patients after four-day operation. The hospital has continued to install medical equipment and prepared for the increase in the number of people at risk of severe illness.https://sggpnews.org.vn/health/healthcare-workers-mobilized-to-serve-for-hcmc-covid19-intensive-care-hospital-93472.html

18 July 2021. Health ministry figures showed deaths from Covid-19 reached a record 233 in Myanmar on Saturday, but medics and funeral services say the real toll is much higher, and crematoriums are overloaded.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2150791/covid-response-runs-underground-in-junta-ruled-myanmar

18 July 2021. China has reported the first human infection of herpes B virus, aka monkey B virus in a 53-year-old male veterinary surgeon based out of Beijing, according to a Notes from the Field in the China CDC Weekly.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-reports-1st-human-herpes-b-infection-in-beijing-veterinarian-44654/