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Southeast Asia Sees Surge in COVID-19 Infections as Authorities Battle Variants of CCP Virus

Southeast Asia Sees Surge in COVID-19 Infections as Authorities Battle Variants of CCP Virus
A health worker conducts a COVID-19 swab test on a student at the Vinschool private school in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 22, 2021. Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
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The COVID-19 pandemic is currently surging in Southeast Asia, due in part to new variants of the CCP virus.
The Vietnamese government reported 161 new daily infection cases as of the early afternoon on June 1, bringing the nation’s total number of cases to 7,482, with at least 47 deaths related to the virus. The country was reporting double-digit infection cases in early May before seeing a spike on May 15 with 169 new infections and another spike of 447 cases on May 25.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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