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COVID-19 shows little sign of abating in some Southeast Asian countries

The COVID-19 pandemic showed little sign of abating in some Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia which confirmed a record daily number of infections on September 24.
COVID-19 shows little sign of abating in some Southeast Asian countries ảnh 1Workers fumigate a street in Yogyakarta city of Indonesia on September 10 to prevent COVID-19 transmision (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The COVID-19 pandemic showed little sign of abating insome Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia which confirmed a recorddaily number of infections on September 24.

Thisis the second straight day that Indonesia has seen a record number of new casesin a single day. With 4,634 cases reported on September 24, the country nowcounts 262,022 cases of COVID-19.

Thedeath toll increased to 10,105 with 128 deaths in the past 24 hours.

ThePhilippines had 2,180 new cases and 36 more deaths on September 24. The countrycontinued to top the Southeast Asian region in the number of coronavirusinfections with 296,755 cases. The fatalities rose to 5,127, with nearly halfof the deaths occurring in the past 30 days.

Meanwhile,Myanmar is concerned that its quarantine facilities have become overloaded dueto a surge in new COVID-19 cases.

Statisticsof the Health Ministry showed the number of quarantined people has more thandoubled, from around 19,000 in August to over 45,000 as of September 21.

Inthe afternoon of September 24, Myanmar announced 535 new cases and three moredeaths, raising the total COVID-19 tally to 7,827 and fatalities to 133.

Thesoutheastern state of Kayah is the only state in Myanmar still free from the coronavirus./.
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