Malaysia approves Sinovac vaccine for those aged 12 and above
The move comes as the government considers reopening tourism sites .
Thai academy shares Sinopharm vaccination results
Adverse symptoms, with 14 fatalities and 12 severe adverse reactions, were found out of 9.4 million vaccine recipients.
China publishes chronicle outlining WHO mission
The chronicle covers the joint effort between July and March this year.
Philippines falls at bottom in COVID-19 resilience report
Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam also rank at the bottom in the Bloomberg list.
More than 400,000 under-18s infected with Covid-19 this year, says Khairy
There were only 12,000 cases in 2020.
A Dying Profession
The prolonged Covid-induced shutdown and paranoia have dealt a deadly blow to this hereditary profession.
Why Thailand’s tourism sandbox programmes failed
The government’s tardiness in distributing vaccines to tourism provinces has been a factor.
Viet Nam strives to return to ‘new normal’ by September 30, shifts away from Zero COVID strategy
Hanoi is changing its strategy because Covid-19 has been gradually controlled in the majority of localities.
Philippine in fourth, ‘most severe’ COVID-19 wave
Delta variant pushes rate of infected to 30 per cent of individuals and the peak has yet to be reached, says official.