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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm, with more than 8 million infections and approximately 448,000 deaths recorded at the time of writing. This is due to the incoherent and uncoordinated responses to the outbreak of many international institutions around the world. In a similar vein, the pandemic has illustrated ASEAN's institutional weaknesses as Southeast Asia has been hit hard by the outbreak. Next, ASEAN's role in reducing the geopolitical rivalry between the US and China is relatively weak. The already strained US-China relations have worsened following the outbreak of the COVID-19. Both sides have been relentlessly blaming each other for causing the spread of the pandemic. Moreover, the COVID-19 outbreak has once again stirred up tensions in the South China Sea (SCS). After having partially recovered from the pandemic, China has been more assertive, fortifying islands and increasing its military presence in the SCS. The US, in response, has expanded its naval presence and taken part in the diplomatic battle of diplomatic notes against China. Sitting in the regional driver's seat, ASEAN is expected to be proactive in brokering the relationship between the US and China, as they hold membership of ASEAN-led institutions, most notably the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). ASEAN had actually held meetings with both the US and China to call for cooperation in response to the crisis. However, ASEAN has thus far been unable to play a brokerage role between the two great powers. ^[1] COVID-19 has revealed ASEAN’s institutional weaknesses

The "1541" cases that were stated in the China COVID-19 crisis is misleading, that was on March 31, 2020, as stated by Bloomberg:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/china-reveals-1-541-symptom-free-virus-cases-under-pressure

Can we get a revision on that?

Edit: The Indian Economic Times also stated this on April 1, 2020:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/china-reveals-1541-asymptomatic-covid-19-cases-amid-concerns-of-second-wave-of-infections/articleshow/74928944.cms

Replace the last sentence in the introduction (beginning "However, the death tolls in a number of countries...") replace with "However, the death tolls in each of these countries are claimed to be significantly higher than those given in official figures."

Use the below links to support adding Turkey and India, respectively, to the list (Indonesia and Iran are already supported)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/14/what-is-the-real-extent-of-turkeys-covid-crisis https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-05-03/india-covid-deaths-infections-vastly-undercounted

I'm aware of claims that other countries in Asia are under-counting their death tolls as well, but my goal is to resolve the [which?] issue in this sentence, not to arbitrate the reliability of every claim about every country's undercounting while editing this on my cell phone from Wisconsin.

Stay healthy

An editor has started an RfC about whether the announcement by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Energy that they support the COVID-19 lab leak theory should be in the lede of the COVID-19 lab leak theory article. Interested editors are invited to contribute. TarnishedPath ^talk 23:51, 3 October 2023 (UTC) reply