COVID-19

For the 3rd day, daily case totals were lower in Cambodia – but news today of increased ‘Delta’ variant cases in the community will put a dampener on any celebrations. Cambodia today announced a daily new cases total of 583, bringing the…

Indonesia is shifting away from its goal of reaching herd immunity for Covid-19 as the rise of the more infectious Delta variant pushes the threshold beyond reach. Currently available vaccines are less effective at stopping transmission…

A deal to import 20 million doses of Pfizer-BioNtech (PFE.N), (22UAy.DE) said on Wednesday the chairman of Thomburi Healthcare Group (THG) (THG.BK) of Thailand. Is. There was unlikely to be a COVID-19 vaccine, despite his earlier claims…

Investor confidence in Thai financial markets for the next three months dropped to a nine-month low, dented by a prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, a capital market group said on Tuesday, as the country struggles with a surge in coronavirus…

Japan will shift policy to focus on hospitalising patients who are seriously ill with Covid-19 and those at risk of becoming so, officials said, to avoid strain on the medical system as cases surge in Olympics host city Tokyo and elsewhere.…

On Tuesday, the Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said South Korea has detected its first two cases of the new Delta Plus COVID-19 variant, as the country battles its fourth wave of infections. The Delta Plus variant is a…

Vietnam is set to approve the use of Gilead Sciences's antiviral drug remdesivir for the treatment of patients who have contracted the coronavirus, state media reported on Tuesday (Aug 3). The Southeast Asian country successfully…

BANGKOK: Thailand will increase the number of people required to isolate at home with COVID-19 to 100,000, health officials said on Monday (Aug 2), as capacity in healthcare facilities dwindles amid a surge in cases driven by the Delta…