11 February 2021. It is probably premature to offer an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s possible consequences. Many of the (mostly Asia-Pacific) countries that took the most aggressive steps to tackle the coronavirus seem to be in a much stronger position than the West.https://theaseanpost.com/article/plague-year-what-we-learnt

11 February 2021. Thailand announced plans to inoculate 1 million of its most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by May and start mass vaccinations in June, with the aim of administering 10 million doses a month.https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thailand-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-10-million-monthly-14173216

10 February 2021. Prevalence of asymptomatic intestinal parasitic infections (IPI) is much higher than symptomatic cases. One Health (OH) approach and multi-sectorial collaboration are key to form specific intervention in reducing the IPI prevalence and mitigating disease-related risks. The intervention might be applied to address other infectious diseases in the future.https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)00101-6/fulltext

10 February 2021. Cambodia launched its coronavirus inoculation drive on Wednesday, using 600,000 vaccine doses, with the sons of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and government ministers among the first recipients.https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Cambodia-COVID-vaccinations-begin-with-Hun-Sen-s-sons-ministers

10 February 2021. About 90 people were hospitalized with Covid-19-like symptoms in central China in the two months before the disease was first identified in Wuhan in late 2019. The World Health Organization’s mission to Wuhan said the coronavirus most likely spread naturally to humans through an animalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/possible-early-covid-19-cases-in-china-emerge-during-who-mission-11612996225

9 February 2021. There is increased risk of COVID-19 transmission among familial members in Wuhan, China. The transmissibility and pathogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may increase after person-to-person transmission. There is an related higher attack rate and the worse clinical outcomes in COVID-19 family clusters.https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)00106-5/fulltext

8 February 2021. Vietnam has culled more 100,000 poultry so far this year in a bid to contain the spread of bird flu in the Southeast Asian country. The country has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu strains in 14 provinceshttps://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-culls-100-000-poultry-062724947.html?guccounter=2

8 February 2021. The total number of confirmed infections in Vietnam has now risen to 2,050 in 11 separate provinces or cities. Medical services take stronger measures to control the further spread of the disease. The government of Laos has meanwhile received an additional 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine —most of it for use by persons designated high-risk individuals, including health workers and officials working at the border-crossings with neighboring countries.https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/surge-02082021181053.html

6 February 2021. A postnatal care center in northeast China’s Shenyang City has been temporarily closed after 14 newborn babies developed pneumonia. All babies have been hospitalized caused by the respiratory syncytial virus https://mbdsnet.org/mbds2020/wp-admin/post-new.php

3 February 2021. Strategic priorities for Laos strengthening the health system in spite of COVID-19 pandemic are: resilient health system towards UHC, effective delivery of essential public health programs (including VPDs and NCDs), enhance health security (e.g. emerging infectious disease and public health emergencies), effective policy dialogue and advocacy (e.g. health leadership and multisectoral collaboration), and active partner in the Greater Mekong Subregion and ASEANhttps://reliefweb.int/report/lao-peoples-democratic-republic/disaster-management-reference-handbook-lao-pdr-february-2021