A coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patient is comforted by a family member at the hospital in Cikha, Myanmar, May 28,2021. Picture taken May 28,2021. - Reuters
YANGON, May 31 (Reuters): A sharp rise in coronavirus cases from new variants in parts of South-East Asia that had been less affected by the pandemic has prompted new restrictions, factory closures and attempts to rapidly scale up vaccination programmes across the region.
The number of daily new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has soared past India's on a per capita basis, while total cases in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and East Timor have all more than doubled in the past month.
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