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Coronavirus South-east Asia
Region grapples with fresh virus surge
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Tan Jia Ning, Tan Jia Ning , Tan Hui Yee In Singapore, Raul Dancel In Manila, Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja In Jakarta and Shannon Teoh In Kuala Lumpur, Tan Hui Yee, Raul Dancel, Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Shannon Teoh
Largely spared the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic for most of last year, South-east Asia is now in the grip of a new wave of infections that is putting unprecedented pressure on health systems and threatening to bring economies to their knees.
In Thailand, hospital beds are quickly filling up after infections, first seeded in some exclusive entertainment outlets in Bangkok, resulted in the country's highest-ever number of daily cases early last month. The number spiked again after Songkran, the Thai New Year.
