At a convenient store in Thailand's Bangkok (Photo: VNA)Thailand on August 7 reported 21,838 coronavirus cases and 212deaths.
The new figures brought total infections to 736,522 andtotal fatalities to 6,066 since the pandemic began last year. The number ofrecoveries stood at 517,012.
On the same day, the Lao Ministry of Health confirmed 354 newcases of COVID-19, including 24 detected in the community, given the context ofan increasing flow of workers returning from Thailand.
Laos so far posted a total of 8,132 infections and eightdeaths.
Meanwhile, Cambodia added 522 new cases, including 135imported ones, to its national tally on August 7, pushing the total caseload to81,335. An additional 11 deaths also brought up its death toll to 1,537.
Cambodia is about to administer a third dose of COVID-19vaccine to frontline health workers, civil servants, and armed forces in sevenprovinces along its border with Thailand.
In Singapore, although the number of daily COVID-19infections has not tended to decrease sharply, the Government has decided torelax social distancing measures before the previously set deadline of August18, starting to reopen the economy following four stages and accept the fact ofliving with the pandemic.
The local COVID-19 task force said the nation will begin thefirst stage from August 10, with priority being given to easing restrictionsfor groups of people having fully vaccinated with two doses./.
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