Hospital workers transport a victim of Covid-19 into the morgue of Thammasat Hospital, in Pathum Thani province just north of Bangkok on July 17, 2021, as Thailand reaches a record high of 141 new Covid-19 fatalities and a record high of 10,082 new cases over the past 24 hours. - AFP
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Bernama): After dodging the worst of Covid-19 since the pandemic surfaced last year, many of Asean member nations now appear to be grappling with the rapid surge in infections following the emergence of new variants especially the Delta variant.
On Friday, Indonesia logged 54,000 new daily cases, while Malaysia (12,541), Thailand (9,692), Myanmar (6,194), the Philippines (5,676), and Vietnam (3,336). All states, except Singapore and Brunei, have witnessed a rising trend in the number of new cases.
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