ASEAN COVID-19 PANDEMIC UPDATES: PART 2: MYANMAR TO VIETNAM- Here we provide updated information on cases in Asean, new cases, total cases, new deaths and total deaths.

December 30, 2020January 1, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEAN COVID-19 PANDEMIC UPDATES: PART 2: MYANMAR TO VIETNAM- Here we provide updated information on cases in Asean, new cases, new deaths and total deaths, total cases

COVID-19 infection crosses 82.2 million globally as deaths cross more than 1.8 million.

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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

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Coronavirus Cases globally : 82,236,674: Deaths: 1,794,033: Recovered: 58,254,872.

Here we provide updated information on cases in Asean, new cases, total cases, new deaths and total deaths.

Here is the ASEAN status as of Wednesday 7am, December 30, 2020

Khmer Times

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Myanmar
Myanmar reported +619 new cases, taking total to 123,153 and +19 new deaths, total is at 2,637 deaths.

PHILIPPINES

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The Philippines recorded +886 new cases, bringing the total to 471,526 with +38 new deaths, bringing total 9,162 deaths.

Philippine president’s guards used ‘smuggled’ COVID-19 vaccines – minister

FILE PHOTO: Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana listens to questions during a news conference inside the military headquarters of Camp Aquinaldo in Quezon city, metro Manila

Filipinos returning home from countries on the list will be allowed to enter, but will have to undergo 14-days quarantine even if they test negative for Covid-19, he added.

Meanwhile, after months of talks, the Philippines has approved an application for its first clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate — developed by Johnson & Johnson’s Belgian subsidiary Janssen — the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.

It comes after authorities said members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s security team had been given a Chinese-made vaccine that has not been approved for use in the country, sparking criticism the jabs were illegal and the recipients had jumped the queue.

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SINGAPORE

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Reported +13 new cases, taking the total to 58,542 and 0 new death, tally now 29 deaths.

Singapore begins coronavirus vaccination campaign

The city-state, which has suffered a mild outbreak, became the first country in Asia to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Singapore began a coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday with a nurse receiving the first jab, making it among the first Asian nations to roll out inoculations.

The city-state, which has suffered a mild outbreak, became the first country in Asia to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier this month, and its programme kicked off with healthcare workers.

After healthcare workers, the city-state will vaccinate the elderly, and then the rest of the population

Nurse Sarah Lim, 46, whose work includes screening suspected Covid-19 patients, was the first to be immunised, the health ministry said.

“I feel grateful and thankful for being the first to be vaccinated,” the nurse from the national centre for infectious diseases was cited as saying by the Straits Times newspaper.

More than 30 staff from the centre are receiving the first dose of the two-shot vaccine Wednesday, and will get the second next month.

After healthcare workers, the city-state will vaccinate the elderly, and then the rest of the population.

The government expects to have enough vaccines for all 5.7 million people in the city by the third quarter of 2021, with the voluntary vaccine free for all Singaporeans and long-term residents.

Other countries that have started immunisations include Britain, EU nations, and the United States, although most Asian nations are yet to begin.

In China, where the virus emerged, at least one million people have already received jabs after vaccine candidates were approved for emergency use, although they have so far been limited to priority groups such as state employees.

The inoculations are yet to receive official approval.

Vaccinations have been given in limited numbers in other parts of the region, including to members of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s security team, and to US troops stationed in South Korea.

Singapore has recorded about 58,000 infections, mostly among low-paid migrant workers living in crowded dormitories, and just 29 deaths.

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THAILAND

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Reported +155 new cases, total at 6,440, 1 new death, total deaths stands at 61.

194 new Covid cases, including 181 local infections

PUBLISHED : 31 DEC 2020 AT 13:29

Travellers leaving Bangkok by train from Hua Lamphong station on Wednesday, but New Year celebrations will be subdued. The resurgence of Covid-19 this month has already spread to 51 provinces, a government spokesman said on Thursday. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

The government on Thursday reported 194 new Covid-19 cases, 181 local infections and 13 among quarantined arrivals, raising the total to 6,884.

Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the overall total included 4,869 local infections and 1,392 infected migrants.

“I do not want people to be complacent about the new cases dropping from the peak of 250 yesterday to 194 today, because there is still a substantial number of new cases pending verification. More new cases will be added on and on,” he said.

This month Covid-19 had spread to 51 provinces, with Nong Khai, Maha Sarakham and Kanchanaburi the most recently confirmed.

The provinces that had each logged 51 or more new cases were greater Bangkok and the eastern provinces of Chon Buri and Rayong, Dr Taweesilp said.

Of the 194 newly confirmed cases, 11 were linked to the Central Shrimp Market outbreak in Samut Sakhon province, one (in Bangkok) to the cluster in Rayong province, 32 had visited crowded places or entertainment venues or had risky jobs, and 128 others were under investigation.

The 11 new cases linked to Samut Sakhon were reported in Nonthaburi (7), Ratchaburi (1), Maha Sarakham (1), Nakhon Si Thammarat (1) and Nong Khai (1).

The 32 new cases linked with crowded places and risky jobs consisted of 18 in Bangkok, five each in Nonthaburi and Tak, and one each in Pathum Thani, Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi and Samut Prakan.

The big group of 128 new cases under investigation consisted of 77 in Rayong, 20 in Samut Sakhon, 16 in Chon Buri, six in Samut Prakan, five in Chanthaburi, three in Trat and one in Chachoengsao.

Nine Myanmar migrants were among the new cases – eight in Samut Sakhon and one in Nonthaburi.

Thirteen new cases among quarantined arrivals came from Turkey (2), Hong Kong (1), Canada (1), the United Kingdom (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), Malaysia (1), Indonesia (1), South Korea (1), Japan (1), Kuwait (1) and Russia (1).

Of the total 6,884 cases in the country, 4,240 (61.5%) had recovered, including 28 discharged over the previous 24 hours, and 2,583 were receiving treatment. The death toll was unchanged at 61.

Global Covid-19 cases rose by 719,174 in 24 hours to 83.06 million. The worldwide death toll was up by 14,748 to 1.81 million. The United States had the most cases at 20.22 million, up 234,550, and the most deaths at 350,778, up 3,880.

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Anutin: 2m Covid vaccine doses available by April

PUBLISHED : 31 DEC 2020 AT 16:27

WRITER: APINYA WIPATAYOTIN

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in a signing ceremony to acquire a Covid-19 vaccine from producer AstraZeneca, at Government House on Nov 27. (Government House photo)

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday he had secured the supply of at least 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from producers “between February and April”.

He said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday directed him to discuss procurement with all producers that have made their vaccines available.

It was intended to acquire vaccines to help cope with the ongoing outbreak.

“Efforts and negotiations with vaccine producers mean that between February and April 2021, at least 2 million doses of vaccine will be initially delivered to Thailand,” Mr Anutin wrote on his Facebook account.

He had informed the prime minister of the result, he said.

The prime minister had promised full budgetary support for the procurement.

Preparations would be made to ensure the vaccine was distributed to at-risk people, Mr Anutin said.

He did not say which vaccine it is.

The government earlier signed an advance agreement with AstraZeneca for the supply and production of its Covid-19 vaccine, but supplies were not expected before May.