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...
Malaysia now considers giving booster Covid-19 vaccine shots due to the fast-spreading delta variant. An expert committee has been set up to conduct the need assessment for a third shot and the recommendation is expected to be given by the end of September. 46% of...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced a health benefits package to cover home isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. The COVID-19 Home Isolation Benefit Package (CHIBP) can help free up hospital beds for COVID-19 patients...
In Thailand, the National Health Security Board has approved new benefits packages under the Universal Coverage Scheme that consist of COVID-19 vaccines, medicines, test kits, and medical supplies. The new benefits packages enable the National...
The Kingdom of Eswatini’s response to COVID-19 got a boost following the approval of US$5 million loan in additional financing on the 16th of April, 2021. The added funds were expected to assist the Government of Eswatini accelerate its ongoing efforts to purchase and...
African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) is pleased to announce the shipment of 108,000 vaccine doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccines to Ethiopia on 6th September 2021. This is part of a total of 6.4m vaccine doses to be shipped to African...
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Timor-Leste has reach 50.9 percent or 576,044 of the eligible population receiving at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccines, while 25.4 percent have been fully vaccinated. Of the 12 municipalities, Dili has the highest percentage of the fully vaccinated population...
Singapore has achieved 80 percent of the fully vaccinated population. In July, Singapore announced a mobile vaccination campaign to cover older persons or those whose aged 60 years and over in suburban areas of Singapore. With 200 volunteer...
Nepal has launched the vaccination campaign in January 27, 2021. As of August 23, Nepal has administered 13,227,590 doses of vaccine. Of the total population, 4,943,732 people or 16.47 percent have received the first dose, while 3,857,598 people or 12.85 percent...
