ASEANEWS HEADLINE-COVID OMICRON: JAKARTA- Omicron forces new restrictions worldwide
SYDNEY — Omicron forces new restrictions, global call to fast-track boosters
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SYDNEY — Singapore suspended quarantine-free travel and Australia renewed its vaccination push on Wednesday as surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant just days before Christmas forced authorities to impose new curbs and expedite booster shots.
Governments globally have tightened social mobility restrictions and made urgent pleas for citizens to vaccinate as Omicron emerges as the dominant strain of the virus, upending reopening plans that many hoped would herald the start of a post-pandemic era in 2022.
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INDONESIA
COVID-19 OUTBREAK
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ASEAN Covid-19 Table – 22 December 2021
Khmer Times
Asean as a whole has reported more than 14.6 million COVID-19 cases. Of this, more than 580,000 are active cases as of December 22.
The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 219 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.
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1. BRUNEI:
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2. CAMBODIA:
Provincial governors given three guidelines to fight C-19
The Health Ministry yesterday issued three guidelines to all provincial governors to remind them to strengthen the measures to fight against Covid-19, especially the new Omicron virus.
READ MORE: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50993459/provincial-governors-given-three-guidelines-to-fight-c-19/
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3. INDONESIA:
Third Omicron case sparks call for vigilance
A woman takes part in a simulation of Covid-19 health protocols at the international airport in Tuban on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on October 9, 2021, ahead of the island reopening to tourists on October 14. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)
Three cases of the Omicron mutation of COVID-19 have sparked calls for a surveillance intervention to prevent a third wave of infections ahead of the Christmas holidays. Indonesia was one of the latest nations to report confirmed cases of the more contagious variant, after weeks of being on high alert as the strain swept across the world and was detected in 89 countries, including neighboring states. It was also one of the more lenient countries in terms of imposing travel and activity restrictions when the variant was reported, which sparked calls for more vigilance, especially after two more Omicron cases were confirmed on Friday among returning travelers.
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Latest official COVID-19 data close x
Confirmed 4,260,544
Deaths 144,002
Recovered 4,111,619
Source: Indonesian government
Last Update: Dec 20, 2021
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4. LAOS:
| Poland donates 501,000 doses of Covid vaccine
A shipment of 501,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine provided to Laos by the government of Poland arrived in Vientiane on Tuesday. |
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5. MALAYSIA:
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6. MYANMAR:
YANGON Myanmar- One dead, dozens missing after landslide at Myanmar jade mine
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar rescuers scoured a lake for dozens of people missing after a landslide near a jade mine killed at least one person on Wednesday, authorities told AFP. More details in Thursday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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7. PHILIPPINES:
HEADLINES
Duterte declares state of calamity in 6 regions ravaged by ‘Odette’
Residents walk past their destroyed homes in Hernani town, Eastern Samar province on December 17, 2021, a day after Super Typhoon Rai pummelled the southern and central regions of the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has placed six regions battered by Typhoon Odette under a state of calamity, a declaration that puts in place a price freeze and allows the release of emergency funds.
Under Proclamation No. 1267 that Duterte signed on Tuesday, the regions of MIMAROPA, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Caraga will be under a state of calamity for one year “unless sooner lifted in accordance with law.”
Today’s Paper: December 23, 2021
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8. SINGAPORE:
Planning to travel to Singapore over the holiday season? Here’s what you need to know
SINGAPORE – Those planning to buy tickets for quarantine-free travel to Singapore will have to shelve their plans for now.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Wednesday (Dec 22) that travel restrictions will be tightened amid a surge in Omicron cases in several countries and regions.
The move will buy Singapore time to shore up its defences against the new Covid-19 variant, the ministry said.
READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/planning-to-travel-to-singapore-over-the-holiday-season-heres-what-you-need-to-know
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9. THAILAND:
Thailand reports first local Omicron case
BANGKOK (CNA) – Thailand is considering reinstating mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors due to concerns over the spread of Omicron, as the health ministry reported yesterday the country’s first case of local transmission of the coronavirus variant.
The public health ministry will propose scrapping a quarantine waiver for vaccinated visitors and revert to hotel quarantine and a “sandbox” programme, which allows free movement in specific locations, Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
The proposal was driven by worries over the spread of Omicron, Anutin told the Inside Thailand television show, adding it will be made to the government’s COVID-19 taskforce “soon”.
The minister’s remarks come after Thailand re-opened to foreign visitors in November, ending nearly 18 months of strict entry policies that contributed to a collapse in tourism, a key industry and economic driver that drew 40 million visitors in 2019.
Thailand had detected 63 people infected with the Omicron variant so far, Anutin said, with one case of local transmission and the rest imported cases.
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10. VIET NAM:
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