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.

COVID-19 infection crosses 84.2 million globally as deaths cross more than 1.83 million.

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FROM ASEANEWS.NET:

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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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The update-1.2.2021

Sick Earth Plague Day 402

Cases globally: 83,720,315:

Deaths: 1,823,584:

Recovered: 59,257,596.

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Coronavirus Cases globally  : 83,720,315: Deaths: 1,823,584: Recovered: 59,257,596.

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Here is the ASEAN status as of Saturday, 7am, January 2, 2021

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MYANMAR:

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Myanmar reported +412  new cases, taking total to 125,042 and +15 new deaths, total is at 2,697 deaths.

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Myanmar Extends International Flight Ban Until January 1

The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has extended the effective period of Temporary Measures to Prevent Importation of COVID-19 to Myanmar Through Air Travel until January 1, 2021, which means that all the international commercial flights flying to and from Myanmar will remain suspended.

This is an extension of the flight ban which will end on December 31 due to the high number of reported cases in the country.

The Ministry of Health and Sports first placed the ban on international commercial passenger flights to and from Myanmar on March 29, when the country started to see COVID-19 cases in its territory.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Transport and Communications is also in talks to ease the ban based on the instruction of the National-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019, in order to help relieve the impact on the country’s economy.

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PHILIPPINES:

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The Philippines recorded  +1,765  new cases, bringing the total to  475,820 with +4 new deaths, bringing total 9,248 deaths.

Philippine islands self-isolate for two weeks

MANILA (CNA) – A province of islands in the southern Philippines will seal itself off for an initial two weeks from January 4 to keep out a new COVID-19 variant found in nearby Malaysia, its governor said.

Sulu, home to over 900,000 people, currently has just two known active cases of the coronavirus, from 242 so far recorded, of which 12 were deaths.

“This is for securing our shores from the reported COVID-19 strain in Sabah, Malaysia considering we are so near,” Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan told ANC news channel yesterday.

A top Malaysian health official last week it had found a new variant in the country, but had yet to detect the highly infectious variant that was originally discovered in Britain.

Sulu has requested the national government provide more vessels and helicopters to monitor its sea borders with Sabah in Malaysia.

The lockdown will be in place from January 4-17 but could be extended, Tan said. Residents not currently on the islands will be denied entry from Monday.

The Philippines has had over 472,000 infections overall, among the highest caseloads in Southeast Asia, mostly in the capital Manila.

Despite strict entry and quarantine requirements on entry via its international airports, its vast southern sea borders are notoriously porous, with long established trade and travel routes between its islands and Sabah.

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SINGAPORE

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Reported +30 new cases, taking the total to 58,629 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.

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

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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 +279 new cases, total at 7,163, +2 new deaths, total deaths stands at 63.

Thailand to get first 2M vaccine doses in February

BANGKOK (AP)— Thailand will receive the first two million doses of a coronavirus vaccine in February, as the country grapples with a surge in cases.

Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul made the announcement yesterday but did not identify the manufacturer.

Thailand has signed a deal with Oxford-AstraZeneca to locally produce 180-200 million doses for Southeast Asia. Out of that, it has reserved 26 million for its population. Media reports quoted officials as saying the first locally produced shots are not expected before May.

Anutin said Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha had assigned him to negotiate with every company that has started selling vaccines.

“We will continue the negotiation to secure more and get them as soon as possible for the safety of Thai people,” he told reporters.

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VIETNAM

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Vietnam’s Ministry of Health had +9 new cases and a total of 1,474 cases, no new death, total remains at  35.

VN’s COVID-19 update on Thursday evening

Update: December, 31/2020 – 18:20

 

 

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