The government is rolling out a mammoth RM40 billion (US$ 9.62 Bn) financial aid package named Pemerkasa Plus to render support to the healthcare sector to effectively battle the Covid-19 pandemic and ensure that the nation's healthcare system remains...
As part of the government’s efforts to redress the fallout of the pandemic, the Bangladesh Parliament announced a Tk 327.31 billion outlay on health and family welfare in the proposed Tk 6.04 trillion spending plan. Set against the backdrop of a devastating...
From 1 July, the Thai government will step back from providing state quarantine funded from the state exchequer to citizens who return from abroad by air or sea. Such returnees will have to pay for their 14 day quarantine at private hotels certified by the government....
South Korea plans for third-quarter vaccine recipients by administering COVID-19 vaccines to 22 million people of the general population aged between 18-59 years, starting from July, as part of the inoculation campaign. People in their 50s...
Korean government is planning for another extra budget without issuing government bonds as it is expected to collect more tax revenue this year amid an economic recovery. The extra budget, if created, will be used to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout,...
Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh said hospitals do not have the prerogative to raise admission charges and direct deposits solely due to shifting demands. Private hospitals have been admitting Covid-19 patients...
The National Health Security Board has approved laboratory testing and medication for treating vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) under the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS)'s benefits package. The introduction of VITT laboratory testing and...
Le Tchad a lancé le vendredi 04 juin 2021 la campagne de vaccination contre la Covid-19, au lendemain de l’arrivée de 200.000 doses du vaccin Sinopharm offertes par le gouvernement chinois. Pour rassurer les populations cibles sur la fiabilité des vaccins, c’est le...
Chad launched the Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Friday, June 04, 2021, the day after the arrival of 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by the Chinese government. To reassure target populations of the reliability of the vaccines, the Minister of Public...
The Department of Health and the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (commonly known as PhilHealth) has formulated a new home care benefit package for Covid 19 patients that will include "cost mechanisms", among others. The "holistic" home care...
On April 1, a campaign to vaccinate the population against the COVID-19 was launched in Uzbekistan. Uzbeks started the vaccination campaign with the AstraZeneca vaccine, and a recombinant drug from the Chinese Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutica. Last...
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Bangladesh has had less than 1% share of the annual budget for the health sector for over a decade now. The Covid 19 crisis has only made it more important to invest more in health services, infrastructure and personnel. This opinion piece by Dr Fahmida Khatun gives...
311.6 million baht, to be taken from the Thai government's central budget, was approved to cover the cost of Covid-19 containment measures adopted by prisons and correctional facilities in the country. The money will be used to buy 100,000 sets of RT PCR Covid-19 test...
