TOKYO -- Southeast Asian countries attempting to escape the COVID-19 quagmire are struggling to overcome the fast-spreading delta variant and late vaccinations that left them more exposed, Nikkei's updated COVID-19 Recovery Index shows.
Vietnam, the Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand occupy the last four spots on the latest list, with Malaysia seventh from the bottom.
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