Starting Monday, the “With Corona” scheme will allow 10 to 12 people to gather socially and most businesses to operate 'round the clock, despite daily infection rates of over 2,000 in recent days. Under the first stage of Korea's three-phase “With Corona” strategy,...
South Korea’s private sector plans to invest 6.3 trillion won ($5.4 billion) in vaccine production and distribution by 2024, as the country seeks to become a global vaccine powerhouse, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said on Tuesday. South Korea already has deals to...
The COVID-19 outbreak has restricted global mobility, whilst heightening the risk of exploitation of vulnerable populations. A new report from IOM provides a snapshot of the COVID-19 epidemiological situation and mobility restrictions, and of the current migration...
South Korea will shorten the wait for COVID-19 booster shots as the daily count of new cases rose above 3,000 and breakthrough infections continued to send people to hospitals. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum told a government meeting on Wednesday that the six-month wait...
According to news on WHO Armenia country page, with financial support from the European Union, WHO supplied X-ray equipment to seven hospitals for COVID-19 treatment in capital city Yerevan and in six other cities in Armenia. New X-ray machines will help control...
In Laos, the Ministry of Health has authorized Covid-19 patients who have mild symptoms to recover at home, aiming to secure the hospital beds for COVID-19 patients with severe conditions. The criteria for home recovery patients are as follows: Fully Covid-19...
In Timor-Leste, Minister of Finance, Rui Gomes, participated in the high-level meeting of Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Africa – East Timor (PALOP-TL) on public finance “Transform the State”. The two high-level personalities were invited to participate, the former...
Japan plans to increase wage for care workers, nursery school staffs, and nurses under the new stimulus package. The expected total budget for the stimulus package is greater than 30 trillion yen, aiming to alleviate the impact of COVID-19 through boosting economic...
Coronavirus treatment and medicine for patients in public hospitals in Turkey has been made free of charge following a presidential decree. It says that all patients, even if they failed to pay state insurance, will be granted protective gear and testing, as...
Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals and announcing 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($64 million) in extra funding for its health services. The country had allocated 125...
The New Zealand government has signed a purchase agreement with Pfizer for 4.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for delivery in 2022. These vaccines will be vaccinated to those who didn’t get the vaccination in 2021. In addition, New Zealand is committed to...
A quarter of the population of the Republic of Moldova was immunized with the full scheme against COVID-19. The data were made public today by the leadership of the Ministry of Health. Secretary of State Svetlana Nicolaescu mentioned that the highest immunization rate...
"The epidemiological situation remains unstable - up to 30 deaths are recorded daily" - said Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on November 4, according to Kazinform news agency. “All of this is happening while the rate of vaccination is decreasing. Coverage of the...
The Russian "Public Chamber on countering dissemination of inaccurate information, public control and Internet security" is launching an online hotline "AntiFakeCovid" aimed at increasing the effectiveness of countering the spread of fake information about the...
How does the rolling out of COVID-19 vaccines relates to UHC and its vision of leaving no one behind? What could be the key lessons? Ghana was the first country to receive COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX in February 2021. On 29 March, 2021, UHC2030 in joint...
