Belarus is developing a vaccine against COVID-19 hoping to release it for mass use in 2023
Health Minister of Belarus Dmitry Pinevich (on the photo) announced that by 2023 the home-grown vaccine made in Belarus would be released for mass use. This information was made public when the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visited the high-tech biological...
Armenia is encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 by mandating biweekly PCR tests for the unvaccinated
According to the Minister of Health of Armenia Anahit Avanesyan (on the photo), persons unvaccinated from COVID-19 will have to take a PCR test for coronavirus twice a month. This policy will affect at least school teachers and university professors, employees of...
Azerbaijan introduces compulsory COVID-19 vaccination and mandates Vaccination Passports
According to a document published on the Government website, starting from September 1, at least 80% of all government employees must receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and get the second dose by October 1 or have certificates of immunity from...
Feasibility study is published about the introduction of mandatory health insurance in Uzbekistan
To improve its health system, WHO reports that Uzbekistan is currently implementing a transformative reform programme. As many other countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States, Uzbekistan has decided to introduce mandatory health insurance (MHI) to move...
A new report published on aligning health and decentralization reform in Ukraine
As part of Health policy paper series, WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with WHO Country Office in Ukraine published a policy brief titled “Aligning health and decentralization reform in Ukraine” (2021). Considering that Ukrainian decentralization...
Government to distribute food from national reserve to pandemic-hit people
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On Covid-19 frontlines, health workers run gauntlet of death, illness
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Nepal to get 4 million Moderna COVID vaccines under GAVI
Nepal has an agreement with GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, to procure 4 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine purchase is financed by the World Bank through the COVAX cost-share option. The expected date of vaccine delivery is March...
Bangladesh begins Covid-19 vaccinations for Rohingya refugees
Bangladesh starts COVID vaccinations for Rohingya refugees who live in congested camps due to a rise of coronavirus cases. The first phase plans to cover 48,000 refugees whose aged over 55. In addition, massive...
Sri Lanka prioritizes elderly and people with chronic diseases for COVID test and vaccine
Sri Lanka prioritizes people age 60 and over and people with chronic diseases for receiving PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests as well as the vaccination. This is because they have a higher risk of death if they are not vaccinated. Thus, they...
Brunei announces vaccination for pregnant women to begin Monday (Aug 16)
Brunei has released a vaccination programme for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers due to their higher risks if contract COVID-19. This programme is going to start from August 16, aiming to protect pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, including...
Vaccine coverage reach to 35 percent in Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam has reach 34.2 percent of total population or 201,441 people as of August 11, 2021. The vaccinated persons can be divided into those who received first dose and second dose, 155,001 and 46,440, respectively. The highest...
Singapore expands vaccination and test to employees in malls and supermarkets
Singapore expands COVID-19 vaccination or antigen rapid test twice a week to be required workers in shopping malls, supermarkets, taxi, and private drivers, starting from October 1. To support the vaccination, the number of public health...
Malaysia allocates RM10.3m for special assistance of Covid-19 death management
Malaysia provides RM10.3m for the special assistance of Covid-19 death management in order to support the next-of-kin of those who died due to coronavirus. The one-off special assistance of RM5,000 is allocated for the next-of-kin....
Thai cabinet approves B14.5 bn for coronavirus frontliners
Thai Cabinet approves an additional 14.5 billion baht, aiming to support the medical workers under the Covid-19 pandemic. This budget will be divided into two parts: approximately 12.7 billion baht will be provided to medical workers...