A man walks in Klong Toey district of Bangkok on May 2 (Photo://www.bangkokpost.com/) The Health Ministry of the Philippines confirmed 7,255 new cases, lifting thecountry’s tally to 1,062,225, including 17,525 deaths.
The Southeast Asian country started its COVID-19 vaccination programme fromMarch, giving over 1.9 million doses of vaccine to its people. The Philippinegovernment planned to vaccinate 70 million people this year to achieve the communityimmunity.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Ministry of Health reported 2,500 new cases, including2,496 domestic infections, bringing its national count to 417,512. As many as1,551 deaths related to COVID-19 were confirmed in the country.
The Public Health Ministry of Thailand on thesame day reported a new daily high of 31 deaths and 2,041 new infections. Thistook the total number of cases in the country to 71,025 since the pandemicbegan last year. The death toll stands at 276.
Prasit Watanapa, a professor of medicine,warned that the country faces a crisis if thenumber of deaths continues to rise. He urged people to be strict about wearing face masks, to follow all measuresadvocated to curb the latest outbreak and to accept vaccination.
Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi announced that his country recordedtwo cases in Jakarta infected the B.1.617 variant,which was firstly detected in India.
An infection of the SARS-CoV-2 variant found in South Africa was reported inBali, he added.
So far, Indonesia has recorded 1,677,274 cases,including 45,796 deaths.
The Cambodian government has announced its decision to lift the lockdownin Phnom Penh and the city adjacent to the capital - Ta Khmao in Kandalprovince from May 6./.
VNA
