Asean reported over 22,000 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday

Malaysia reported 3,160 new Covid-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 2,738,401, according to the health ministry. Some 156 of the new cases are imported, with 3,004 being local transmissions, data released by the ministry showed. Another 25 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 31,315.

Meanwhile, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has told four central-level hospitals to provide training in resuscitation services to staff without these skills who work in Covid-19 healthcare facilities in HCM City. The city had earlier said it needed 1,000 doctors and 2,000 nurses, including 300 doctors and 600 nurses who specialise in resuscitation, to work at Covid field hospitals, resuscitation centres, and so-called three-level Covid hospitals in the city.