Thailand will distribute 8.5 million COVID rapid antigen test kits (ATK) to the public for free, starting from September 16 onwards. The public can receive the ATKs from health offices across nation, pharmacies, hospitals and clinics that participate in the ATK...
Bhutan will reach herd immunity by early October. Currently, over 80 percent of the total population has been fully vaccinated. In addition, the second dose of vaccine will be inoculated to approximately 60,000 children age between 12- and 17-year during September 14...
Malaysia’s Budget 2022 will be drafted with an inclusive approach to ensure ‘no one lefts behind’ from receiving government assistance. Budget 2022 will mainly focus on protecting and restore the lives and livelihoods of the people and businesses, rebuild national...
Timor-Leste plans to provide compensation to people who receive adverse reactions or fatalities from Covid-19 vaccine, aiming to encourage the population to get the vaccination due to a rise of new cases and deaths. A patient who experiences a rare case of disability...
Due to a rise of social security expenditures, budget requests from government ministries and agencies reach 111 trillion yen ($1 trillion) in total for fiscal 2022. Social security costs accounted for one-third of government expenditures. The health ministry...
Nepal amends annual budget plan 2021/22. Following the revisions, an additional Rs 5 billion has been allocated for Covid-19 vaccine purchasing. For social security provisions, there have been added two new allowances: Rs 3,000 per month for families...
On the 12th of August, 2021 Botswana received a shipment of 108,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine which the country ordered through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT). Vice President of the Republic of Botswana, His Honour Slumber...
As most African countries struggle to procure enough vaccines in the global scramble for vaccines, Botswana’s health minister Edwin Dikoloti (30th of July, 2021) said that the government was paying the equivalent of $15 a dose for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by...
President Sahlework Zewde met with UN’s Assistant Secretary-General and WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, in Addis Ababa where they discussed the status of Universal Health (UHC) coverage in Ethiopia. Read more here.
In Australia, the COVID-19 vaccine has become compulsory for all teachers in New South Wales from November onwards. Teaching staffs are the latest cohort of workers to be included in the state’s mandatory vaccination, aiming to curb a rise of Delta variant. They...
Bhutan considers a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccines next year due to Delta variant concerns. Bhutan has achieved full vaccination for over 95 percent of the population aged 18 years or over. Currently, Bhutan starts inoculating children aged between 12 to...
Indonesia has administered 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Over 23% of the Indonesian population have received at least their first dose, while about 13% are fully vaccinated. According to Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker, Indonesia has been ranked as the...
In Brunei, COVID-19 vaccines have been administered with at least one dose, accounting for 51.1 percent of the country’s population or 231,613 individuals while 21.2 percent or 96,212 people have completed the inoculation. The Brunei government officially...
Bangladesh has push efforts to inoculate teachers, support staff in schools and colleges as well as their families, aiming to resume physical classes in educational institutions in the coming weeks. To curb the pandemic, the Bangladesh government is taking steps to...
Sri Lanka plans to inoculate people aged between 20 and 30 years or 3.5 million people at district level. Eight million doses of vaccine which are expected to arrive in September will be used for the inoculation. Currently, prioritization is given to people in this...
