ASEANEWS HEADLINES | COVID OMICRON – Philippines still Omicron-free

December 7, 2021December 8, 2021 Editor 0 Comment ASEANEWS HEADLINES | COVID OMICRON - Philippines still Omicron-free

Omicron stalls Alert Level 1

DOH admits no ‘foreseeable’ shift yet despite PH at minimum risk

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said the country’s quarantine status will not go down to Alert Level 1 anytime soon due to threat of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, despite its being classified as “minimal risk.”

“We’re not yet easing to Alert Level 1.

I don’t like it, let’s remain under Alert Level 2 for now.

Let’s observe and monitor first,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in Filipino over radio dzBB.

This developed as the World Health Organization appealed to governments to intensify sequencing tests to detect Omicron in their countries.

Early indications of the severity of the Omicron COVID-19 variant are “a bit encouraging,” top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday, while cautioning that more information was still needed.

The WHO previously warned it could take weeks to determine how infectious the variant is, whether it causes more severe illness, and how effective treatments and vaccines are against it.“

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ASEAN Covid-19 Table – 06 December 2021

Khmer Times

Asean as a whole has reported more than 14.2 million COVID-19 cases. Of this, more than 510,000 are active cases as of December 06.

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 219 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

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Despite Omicron fears, Cambodia case totals remain minimal in incredible 65 day run of ultra-low cases

Khmer Times

As Cambodia continues to march forwards with ‘reopening’ – despite the Omicron mutation that is spreading rapidly around the world – The Kingdom once again recorded low daily new COVID case figures (diagnosed by PCR test) in an incredible run of 65 days of ‘new normal’ low case numbers.

Today’s official daily new COVID case total (diagnosed by PCR test) was 25, bringing the COVID case total to 120,232 cases.

MYANMAR

Myanmar junta chief meets Suu Kyi party stalwart

Share Agencies (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Yangon, Myanmar ● Mon, December 6 2021

Myanmar’s junta chief sat down with a prominent senior figure of Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted party on Sunday, the first significant meeting since the February coup.

The military deposed Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party from power, pushing many of her closest political allies into hiding while others have been arrested.

The junta has alleged electoral fraud in last year’s poll as a justification for the putsch, but much of the country is in open revolt calling for a return to democracy.

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Creator of Netflix series Squid Game is The Straits Times Asian of the Year

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 08: Hwang Dong-hyuk attends the “Squid Game” Guild Screening at NeueHouse Los Angeles on November 08, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Netflix)

A 50-year-old South Korean filmmaker who has captured the world’s imagination with a dystopian survival drama that throws up uncomfortable questions about contemporary society has been named The Straits Times Asian of the Year.

SINGAPORE – A 50-year-old South Korean film-maker, who captured the world’s imagination with a dystopian survival drama that throws up uncomfortable questions about contemporary society, has been named The Straits Times Asian of the Year.

Every year, the editors of The Straits Times pick a person, a group or an institution that in their judgment has significantly impacted Asia in the year past. Mr Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Game, was chosen this year for an expression of creativity that, while fictional and not without flaws, holds up a useful mirror to society.

The Netflix series created by Mr Hwang has emerged as more than a mere television show, said the citation to the award.

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Total cases:2,145,241
Recovered:2,055,265
New cases:+4,000
Deaths:20,964
Rank:24

Man dies after Moderna jab following Sinovac

WRITER: SUTTHIWIT CHAYUTWORAKAN

Emergency medical staff from Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn perform CPR on a man who developed chest pains, fell unconscious and died after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)

SAMUT PRAKAN: A man died at his home in Muang district late on Tuesday night shortly after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna, following an initial dose of Sinovac in September.

Police were called to house 66/189 at Moo 5, tambon Bang Muang in Muang district about 12.30am, Pol Capt Adithes Phocharoen, a duty investigator, said on Wednesday.

They found Sithipol Bovornkittipaisal, 26, lying dead on the ground floor of the house. There was no sign of physical assault.

Sithipol’s mother Sopa Khotpakdi, 50, said her son had recieved the first dose of Sinovac vaccine in early September, but did not say where.

He had also placed an order for Moderna vaccine with Synphaet Theparak Hospital. He went to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon and was inoculated with the Moderna vaccine.

He returned home with no sign of side effects, she said.

However, late on Tuesday night, while playing on his phone on the second floor of the house, Sithipol began experiencing chest pain and breathing difficulties.

Ms Sopa said she called for an emergency team from Paolo Hospital Samutprakarn. While waiting, relatives carried Sithipol, who was by then unconscious, down to the ground floor.