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NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
On Covid-19 frontlines, health workers run gauntlet of death, illness
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NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Nepal to get 4 million Moderna COVID vaccines under GAVI
Nepal
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...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Bangladesh begins Covid-19 vaccinations for Rohingya refugees
Bangladesh
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...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
New document on Bhutan’s experience with COVID-19 vaccination in 2021
Bhutan
Bhutan is country which has a good control of COVID pandemic with reported 957 cases of COVID-19 and one death, while 94 percent of adults population has been vaccinated in April 2021. This article aims to describes the challenges and enabling...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Sri Lanka prioritizes elderly and people with chronic diseases for COVID test and vaccine
Sri Lanka
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...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Brunei announces vaccination for pregnant women to begin Monday (Aug 16)
Brunei Darussalam
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...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Singapore expands vaccination and test to employees in malls and supermarkets
Singapore
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...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Vaccine coverage reach to 35 percent in Brunei Darussalam
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...
DOCUMENT | 20 Aug 2021
Bhutan’s experience with COVID-19 vaccination in 2021
Bhutan
Bhutan is country which has a good control of COVID pandemic with reported 957 cases of COVID-19 and one death, while 94 percent of adults population has been vaccinated in April 2021. This article aims to describes the challenges and enabling factors leading...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Malaysia allocates RM10.3m for special assistance of Covid-19 death management
Malaysia
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....
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Thai cabinet approves B14.5 bn for coronavirus frontliners
Thailand
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...
DOCUMENT | 15 Aug 2021
Inpatient care costs of COVID-19 in South Africa’s public healthcare system
South Africa
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a devastating impact globally, with severe health and economic consequences including increased disperaties in health inequalities. This has the potential to frustrate governments efforts towards universal health coverage. To...
NEWS | 15 Aug 2021
South Africa COVID-19 vaccine producer receives €600 million financial support
South Africa
One of the potential approaches to increasing vaccine equity as part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, is reducing Africa's reliance on global vaccine supply chains. This can be enhanced by transferring competencies for vaccine production from upper...
NEWS | 15 Aug 2021
Namibia gets US$270.83 million to address the COVID-19 pandemic
Namibia
The government of Namibia received approximately US$270.83 million under the Rapid Financing Instrument to help the country address urgent balance of payments and fiscal financing needs stemming from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Namibia has been...
NEWS | 14 Aug 2021
Laos to receive new shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in July
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Laos plans to roll out the third round of Covid-19 vaccination program after Covid-19 vaccines arrive in July; 132,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Laos. While Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is also set to arrive...