Cambodia’s successful vaccine rollout has saved lives, stabilised the health system, and contributed to the nation’s economic recovery, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Cambodia Li Ailan said on April 10.
The Singapore economy grew by 7.6 percent in 2021, compared to a previous estimate of 7.2 percent, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has said, while the growth forecast for this year has been maintained at 3-5 percent.
Philippine authorities have cancelled the traditional "Black Nazarene" procession in Manila capital city, in response to the huge spike in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila.
Singapore's economy grew 7.2 percent in 2021, rebounding from its worst recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic since 1965, the Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) reported on January 3.
Lao authorities have ordered stricter control at borders with neighbouring countries after the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in Thailand on December 6.
Singaporean Multi-Ministry Taskforce has required workers to be fully vaccinated to return to the workplace, while the vaccine produced by China's Sinovac has been added to Singapore's COVID-19 national vaccination programme
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered authorities to seek proper vaccine sources and make students a priority group for vaccinations so they can return to school.
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on August 2 said that his government has established an integrated COVID-19 management roadmap, reported Antara news agency.
Singapore may include COVID-19 vaccine of US biotechnology company Novavax into its national vaccination programme before the end of this year, Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung has said.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh and Chairwoman of the city’s Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Lan Huong have called on local organisations, businesses and people to donate to the city’s COVID-19 vaccination programme.
More than 90 million VND (about 4,400 USD) were collected during a fundraising ceremony to call for donations to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund at the Vietnamese embassy in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, on June 9.
Thai government is working with vaccine providers to buy 25 million doses of Pfizer and J&J vaccines to reach 100 million vaccine doses by the end of 2021, according to an official.
Despite complicated development of COVID-19, Thailand has earned 1.2 billion bath (38.5 million USD) in the first four months of 2021 from film productions by international companies in the country .
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that the Indonesian economy will return to high growth, last seen in the pre-pandemic era, in 2022, with the economy forecast to expand 5 percent next year.
Malaysia's Ministry of Health reported on March 24 that in the past 24 hours, this Southeast Asian country recorded an additional 1,268 cases of COVID-19, including 1,263 community infections.
The Ministry of Health must ensure the safety and efficiency of Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, under the instructions of the Politburo and the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5.
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