Southeast Asia Factories Hurt by Virus, Vaccination Problems August 04, 2021 A nurse administers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a farmer outside his home in rural Sabab Bernam, central Selangor state, Malaysia, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:49 0:00 Pop-out player New research shows that factory activity across Southeast Asia fell sharply in July because of increasing cases of the coronavirus’s Delta variant. The results were based on a series of business surveys completed this week. The economic difficulties were also linked to slow progress in coronavirus vaccinations in many Southeast Asian nations.