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The Institute of Dermatology of Thailand is offering a COVID-19 vaccination service using the Gen2-Bivalent Pfizer vaccine at its headquarters on Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok Post reported.

The Indonesian government plans to make a booster shot against COVID-19 a requirement for tourists amid the increasing cases of COVID-19 in several regions in the country, spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Health Mohammad Syahril stated.

More than 50,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City have received the second COVID-19 booster shot (fourth dose) as of June 15, the municipal Department of Health said.

As Malaysia now considers COVID-19 an endemic disease, it is important to continue to provide optimal protection for the most vulnerable groups, including the elderly and high-risk individuals, said Dr Anas Alam Faizli, chief executive officer of ProtectHealth.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Laos on March 24 said that the country has started to inject the fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses into high-risk groups and people from 18 years old.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Health to direct centrally-run cities and provinces to accelerate the vaccination of the booster shot against COVID-19 for people aged 18 and above.

Cambodia on March 14 released information on the interval between the two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for children below five years old, reported Khmer Times newspaper.

Hanoi authorities have been urging all its districts to make records of people at a high risk of contracting COVID-19 and give them vaccine booster shots, according to a notice signed by Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on February 13.

The Philippines has recorded the highest number of daily new COVID-19 cases to date, while Indonesia has licenced five types of vaccines serving the local booster shot administration.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has still been developing complicatedly in the world, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporter had an interview with WHO Representative in Vietnam Dr Kidong Park about the booster shot and pharmaceutical firms’ announcements that their COVID-19 vaccines are efficient and safe for kids.

Booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines are being considered, while the vaccination of children below 12 years old should also start some time early next year, after the safety and efficacy aspects have been studied, Singapore's multi-ministry task force has said. ​