Keyword: "COVID-19"

The number of serious incidents in Thailand involving aircraft has jumped sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic as the lifting of restrictions reignited demand for air travel.

Indonesia have been taking measures to tighten the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) surveillance, firstly at airports in Jakarta.

The Vietnamese Government has recently issued a decree, deciding to extend a reduction in value-added tax (VAT) until the end of June 2025.

The Indonesian middle class has been shrinking over the past five years, the Jakarta Post reported on December 31.

Indonesia plans to add another vaccine producer soon, bringing the total to four, and aims to transfer technology from global vaccine producers to boost production, a senior official has said.

The Airborne Infection Defence Platform (AIDP) was officially launched on August 8 to strengthen ASEAN countries’ tuberculosis (TB) response, and health care system and pandemic preparedness to address the growing issue of airborne respiratory infections.

COVID-19 is now being found primarily among at-risk groups such as the elderly and people with pre-existing illnesses, the Thai Department of Disease Control (DDC) said in its latest report on July 3.

The number of health insurance participants has surged, benefits have expanded and healthcare quality has seen significant improvement after 15 years of implementing the Law on Health Insurance.

Vietnam attracted over 8.8 million international visitors in the first half of 2024, up over 4% from the same period in 2019, the time before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

Thailand’s leading virologist Prof. Yong Poovorawan has warned that KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly supplanting the JN.1 strain, which held sway in Thailand since late last year.

Bilateral cooperation over the recent past is assessed as effective and the USAID, with its strength in technology and finance, has become one of the important partners of Vietnam’s healthcare sector.

Stronger cooperation between the aviation and tourism sectors are crucial to further promote tourism activities, which is expected to benefit both industries and the whole economy, according to experts.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong has had a meeting with Chief Programme Officer at Gavi Aurelia Nguyen to discuss current and future support for Vietnam under the Vaccine Alliance’s strategy for assisting middle-income countries in the 2021 - 2025 and 2026 - 2030 periods.

Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in Singapore, demand for test kits has jumped, with some shops running out of stock.

Malaysia’s Health Ministry (MOH) has reported 1,230 COVID-19 cases between May 12 and 18, an increase of 14.8% from the 1,071 cases reported in the week earlier. However, no new deaths from the disease have been reported since April 25.

Singapore is facing a new COVID-19 wave with a surge in infection cases in the last two weeks, according to Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.

Facing an unpredictable global COVID-19 situation with new sub-variants continuing to emerge, Vietnam's Ministry of Health has issued updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccinations to bolster immunity, especially for high-risk groups.

The High People's Court in Hanoi will hear the appeals of former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and 10 other defendants in the COVID-19 test kit fraud that occurred at Viet A Technologies JSC, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Science and Technology and related agencies and organisations, on May 15.

Thailand’s number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise over the past week from April 28 to May 4, with 1,792 people hospitalised and 12 succumbed to the disease, according to the country’s Department of Disease Control.

A lecturer from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine has warned Thais to be more vigilant against COVID-19, saying infection rates appeare to be worsening with higher hospital admissions, deaths and severe cases.