Covid-19 cases down in Asean; Philippines finds Lambda variant of virus


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BANGKOK, Aug 16 (The Nation/ANN): South-East Asia saw a reduction in new Covid-19 cases and related deaths on Sunday, collated data from the region showed.

Asean reported 91,166 new cases, lower than Saturday’s 99,662, while 2,522 people died, down from the previous day’s 2,541.

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