KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asian governments are bracing as COVID-19 infections are already surging and more foreign tourists pour into the region ahead of the year-end holidays.
Malaysia has reactivated the Heightened Alert System -- an early intervention protocol based on the infection and death levels as well as the hospitalization rate -- to better monitor and appropriately respond to infections. Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have issued advisories asking people to mask up and get vaccinated.
