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Asia Pacific countries battle COVID's Delta variant surge

Countries around the Asia Pacific are battling surges of new COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant.
Daily infection numbers reached new heights in South Korea this week as more cities in Australia and the Philippines went into lockdown.
Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler reports from Bangkok.

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Written by Helen Kelley

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