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...
Japan's cabinet has approved 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion) in fiscal 2021 reserve funds. This budget is mainly allocated to purchasing COVID-19 vaccines and securing medicines for patients. Of the total budget, the government allocated about 841.5 billion yen...
West Australia plans to allocate $1.9 billion to improve the capacity of the public health system, especially staffing in the upcoming 2021-22 budget. Approximately $1 billion will be directed to health and hospital services. Almost $500 million will be allocated to...
The Indonesian government has provided Rp255.3 trillion, or 9.4 percent of the total planned state expenses of Rp2,708.7 trillion, for the health sector in the 2022 State Budget draft. The health budget will be spent for the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system...
Laos has spent over LAK 15.82 billion on aiding the Lao workers who returned from Thailand since March 2020. The government assistance consists of food, transportation, state quarantine centers, and other necessities. The Lao government has cooperated with the Thai...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has covered admissions in emergency rooms and tents in the hospitals to respond unavailability of hospital rooms. Beneficiaries who stay in the hospital for at least 24 hours are eligible to be...
Malaysia vaccinated at least the first dose to 16.35 million people or 50.1 % of the total population, including 9.51 million or 29.1% who received the second dose. Malaysia's daily vaccination rate has continuously increased to 497,352 doses yesterday (Aug...
