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telling cnn he ll continue to follow the data in the coming weeks, but again, no plans to change course at the moment. in new york, erica hill, cnn. the delta coronavirus variant, of course, is ripping through the world, especially in southeast asia. cases in the region have jumped 41% this past week, and the vaccination rate is just 9%. singapore seeing clusters of new infections linked to karaoke bars. authorities are delaying reopening plans and starting monday, they will tighten social distancing restrictions again. journalist manisha tank joins me now live from singapore. i mean the numbers are scary. cases up 41% in the region. caseload in the region has surpassed latin america and india. what is the state of things? well, michael, i can only describe it as a patchwork of experience. let me start with where i am in singapore. so, yes, as you were saying, we ve seen a sudden surge in
cases picked up in karaoke bars. what had happened there is there were strict restrictions on nightlife here and many of those establishments switched to being restaurants in order to get a license to continue operating. but as a result, there were things that went on behind the scenes that resulted in this sudden surge in cases. so the government is encouraging all those people to step forward and get tested. testing really is at the hard of singapore s plan as we move forward, but also are vaccinations. by august the 9th, they want to see at least two-thirds of the population vaccinated with two doses. in indonesia, which is a neighbor, a population of 270 million people, vaccination rate running at just 5.9% of the population. it s still very low. and many in the local press have reported a bit of an anti-vax movement in southeast asia, but also real problems with bureaucracy. if we hop on over to the
Union says entertainment venues have had no business due to Hong Kong’s low vaccination rate, accusing government of ‘exploiting’ them to encourage people to get jabbed.
festivals and it is up on the site for the movie beatle stories .com. each time it is in the festival they can see it in those places. one more question. i want to talk about your band which is a fantastic band. you have a new album and it comes out june 21st. as far as yesterday goes, i love it. how crow describe it? it is what i love doing most which is two and a half minute pop songs. it is out of that feeling of the songs of the 60s and the 70s. it is just straight forward pop songs. you wrote tell it to my heart. do you ever go to karaoke bars and sing it? no. but i have played it when people have called it out and said you have to do it. and i do it in a different style. i am dying to sing it right now. did you ever see taylor dane bartending in any of those places? no, i haven t.