17 Jul 2021 / 12:22 H.
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: 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.
While the grouping’s member states have ramped up their vaccination drive with Malaysia leading the pack by doling out more than 400,000 doses a day, to be out-performed in the past week only by Canada among countries of a similar size or greater, yet there is nothing to slowdown the rise in new cases.