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NEWS | 27 Apr 2021
Vietnam hopes to have no shortage of Covid vaccines from 2022
Vietnam
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NEWS | 27 Apr 2021
Japan to fund $2.8 million project for Vietnam population vulnerable to Covid-19
Vietnam
The project "Mitigating Covid-19 impacts on vulnerable populations, ensuring national progress to achieve SDGs in Vietnam" will be co-implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Vietnam's Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of...
NEWS | 27 Apr 2021
Kazakhstan started mass vaccinations with homegrown QazVac vaccine
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has rolled out its homegrown coronavirus vaccine, with the central Asian country’s health minister receiving the jab on live television. QazCovid-in, also known as QazVac, is a two-shot vaccine that is in third-stage trials, The Guardian reports. Agence...
NEWS | 23 Apr 2021
Zambia gets 1st 228,000 vaccine doses from COVAX
Zambia
Zambia gets 1st 228,000 vaccine doses from COVAX East African country so far has confirmed 90,064 COVID-19 infections, 1,227 deaths 12.04.2021 Read the published information here
NEWS | 22 Apr 2021
Syria receives its first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
Syrian Arab Republic
AMMAN/CAIRO/GENEVA, 22 April 2021 -“Syria received 256,800 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVAX delivery of vaccines to reach the war-torn country. This delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines (from the Serum Institute of India) will be given to frontline...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Covid-19 Poses Challenges in Healthcare Financing
Singapore
In Singapore, the most apparent cost of this epidemic is the cost of providing direct medical care and public health services such as screening tests and ICU (intensive care unit) care for those affected. Since the indirect and intangible losses are not easy to...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Sri Lanka launches the COVID–19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund
Sri Lanka
The Government of Sri Lanka set up ‘COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund’ on 23rd March 2020, to strengthen the activities aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 virus in the country and to support the related social welfare programmes in...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Japan’s Hospitals Face Financial Hardships Under COVID-19
Japan
Since November 2020, when the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic started in earnest, Japanese hospitals are finding it harder to get by financially. Compared to the previous year, the number of inpatients and outpatients had decreased and although...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
New $2,000 payout for those who need hospitalisation after Covid-19 vaccine shot
Singapore
Those who suffer from serious side effects related to their Covid-19 vaccination can apply for financial assistance from Wednesday (March 17). Their applications under the Vaccine Injury Financial Assistance Programme for Covid-19 vaccination (Vifap) will...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Malaysia sets up compensation fund for COVID-19 vaccinations
Malaysia
Malaysia announced it had established a US$2.4 million compensation fund to provide cash assistance for any COVID-19 vaccine recipients who suffer severe reactions due to inoculations. Under the new fund, individuals requiring extended hospitalisation due to a...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis benefit from inclusive COVID-19 response
Bangladesh
At the beginning of 2021, the Bangladesh government began the rollout of a national COVID-19 vaccination plan, with the first vaccinations taking place in the capital at the end of January. Over the next month, more than three million Bangladeshis received their first...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Additional Fund Approved by the Cabinet to Acquire COVID-19 Vaccine
Thailand
The 'Thai' Cabinet has approved an additional fund of 6,387.29 million baht from the central fund of the 2021 national expenditure to acquire 35 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, so that the people of Thailand will have access to the vaccine. Out of...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Indonesia approves free COVID-19 vaccine drive by private companies
Indonesia
The Indonesian government said it would allow private companies to run coronavirus vaccination programs for workers and families alongside a nationwide drive to expedite efforts in achieving herd immunity. “The companies will provide the vaccines for free for...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Universal Coverage Scheme: 10 outstanding accomplishments in 2020
Thailand
The National Health Security Office (NHSO), Thai government’s independent agency overseeing Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) despite the COVID 19 crisis initiated new health programs, health system response and social innovations that strengthen health system in 2020....
NEWS | 19 Apr 2021
Hungary Reaches 3 Million Vaccinations, Reopening Continues?
Hungary
Hungary has now reached 3 million vaccinations against the coronavirus, and despite infections and deaths remaining high, talks of further reopening are underway. The United Kingdom is also continuing its reopening, but its conditions appear much safer than the...