COVID-19 pandemic continues worrying Southeast Asia

COVID-19 vaccination in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Photo: xinhua/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Cambodian Ministry of Health on May 19 announced 393new COVID-19 infections, including 392 domestic cases, making the national tallyto surpass 23,000.

The ministry also said that an additional 612 people were giventhe all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and three more were defeated by COVID-19.

So far, the country has recorded 23,282 cases and 159fatalities.

Meanwhile, 50 new infections, including 39domestically-transmitted ones, were reported in Laos on May 19 afternoon,bringing the total number to 1,737.

The Southeast Asian nation has to date recorded two deathsrelated to the disease.

In a related move, the number of new cases in Malaysiaagain made a new record high when it saw 6,075 cases on May 19.

To date, the nation has documented 485,469 infections,including 1,994 fatalities.

At present, the whole of Malaysia is being placed under the thirdMovement Control Order (MCO), which lasts from May 12 to June 7.

On the same day, the Philippines recorded 4,700 moreinfections and 136 deaths, raising the total numbers to 1,159,071 and 19,507,respectively./.

VNA