The new crown pneumonia epidemic situation in some Southeast Asian countries

Vientiane - Vietnam News Agency reporters in Vientiane reported that the Lao Ministry of Health announced on January 9 that in the past 24 hours, there were 924 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 7 deaths in the country.

Days after hitting four figures, new cases in Laos are back in triple figures and down 142 from the previous day. The capital Vientiane remains the country's largest epidemic area with 345 new cases. Up to now, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Laos has reached 118,880, with 487 deaths.

The number of people vaccinated in the first dose of Laos exceeded 4,616,000, accounting for 62.89% of the total population; the number of people vaccinated in the second dose exceeded 3,669,000, accounting for 50.17% of the total population.

*VNA reporters in Bangkok reported that Thai government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana asked provincial governors across the country, as chairmen of provincial infectious disease committees, to make full efforts prepare to implement various restrictions and prevention measures in the new fight against the epidemic. .

In addition, Prime Minister Prayuth requested all state-run medical institutions to prepare human resources to meet the demand for hospitalization of new patients.

Deputy Defense Minister General Chaichan Changmongkol gave a similar order to the armed forces and the Royal Thai Police at a meeting on January 8. General Guizai said that in the event of a severe outbreak, the military may have to perform tasks such as transferring new crown patients to suitable medical institutions and inspecting the law enforcement work of enterprises that fail to comply with epidemic prevention measures.

Thailand's Ministry of Health announced on January 9 that in the past 24 hours, the country has added 8,511 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 12 deaths. The cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country reached 2,296,550, and the number of deaths was 21,852.

* The Vietnam News Agency's Phnom Penh correspondent reported that the Cambodian Ministry of Health reported on January 8 the first touching case of Omikron.

A 23-year-old Cambodian man in the outskirts of Yaresi, Phnom Penh, tested positive for Omikrong. On January 8, when I accompanied my relatives to the hospital for treatment, I received a rapid test and the result was positive. The test sample was further verified to be a mutant strain of Omicharon. On December 27, 2021, the man arrived in Phnom Penh while travelling with relatives in Australia. From December 27, 2021 to January 5, 2022, he will be active in many places in Phnom Penh, and travel to Kampong Thong, Siem Reap and Kampot successively. The patient is currently being treated at the Olympic Treatment Centre in Phnom Penh.

The Ministry of Health calls on the public to strictly abide by the epidemic prevention regulations, strictly implement the "three nos and three guarantees" epidemic prevention measures, and actively vaccinate against the COVID-19.

Cambodia announced on the same day that it will launch the fourth dose of the new crown vaccination plan in the capital Phnom Penh from January 14.

The Cambodian Ministry of Health revealed that as of January 8, the country's new crown vaccination rate reached 89.29% of the total population.

*On January 9, the number of newly confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the Philippines hit a record high of 28,707.

According to the Philippine Department of Health, as of now, the country has a total of 2,965,447 confirmed cases and 52,150 deaths.