Until recently, Vietnam’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has been an extraordinary success story. Once the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan was known in January 2020, significant outbreaks in other Asian countries were predicted. When Vietnam was one among the first nations to report human-to-human transmission, it was thought that a large-scale outbreak was unavoidable. Vietnam, on the …

According to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the death of a high-ranking government official is the first fatality reported out of the 97 Covid-19 infections discovered in relation to Parliament thus far. Dr Noor Hisham stated that the official whose death was reported tested positive for Covid-19 on July 31 through a RT-PCR test, adding that this …

The Philippines is presently at “high danger” for COVID-19 as Covid contaminations keep on rising.Under about fourteen days prior, the Philippines was at “moderate” hazard grouping. In a preparation, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the nation recorded a positive fourteen day development pace of 47%. The normal day by day assault rate (ADAR) from July 26 to August 8 …

Surprisingly, 10.7 million out of 109 million filipinos in the population have been completely immunized since the life-saving pokes were first carried out in March, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 which was highlighted to  update the race of immunization in the country. This is comparable to 9.81% of Filipinos. Another 12.49 million 11.45% of the populace have accepted their …

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) is requesting the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to immediately reconvene Parliament. This came after UMNO’s withdrawal of support for the PN government and news reports regarding federal lawmakers forbidden entry to the Parliament building since Monday following the sudden cancellation of ongoing special meeting of both Houses due to alleged Covid-19 …

The major cities of Vietnam might possibly tighten Covid-19 restrictions to curb the spread of infection as confirmed cases keep on rising, reaching over 6,000 cases in seven days. Vietnam is currently facing an increase of Covid-19 daily positive cases since the emergence of the outbreak in April. On Wednesday, the country recorded a total of 6,559 new Covid-19 infections …

AstraZeneca is searching for its vaccine supplies for Southeast Asia in the face of the most serious Covid-19 outbreak. This statement from AstraZeneca, which manufactures its vaccine in Thailand came in light of supply shortage which has gotten the Thai Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s administration heavily criticized. Under the terms of AstraZeneca’s agreement with Thai authorities, 180 million doses are due …

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that the success of the National Recovery Plan (PPN) is dependent on the support of all parties as the Covid-19 crisis needs to be approached as a whole nation rather than as a whole government. The Prime Minister asked all parties, including the government, the people, non-governmental organizations and other parties to join forces and …

Government data shows that three quarters of Singapore’s COVID-19 infections in the last four weeks were among vaccinated individuals as the country accelerate its vaccinations which leaves only a small number of unvaccinated people. About 75% of Singapore’s population of 5.7 million people had already been vaccinated which ranked the country as the world’s second highest after the United Arab …

The developer of CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine, the Sinovac Biotech Ltd asserted that their vaccine is also effective against the Delta variant. The company spokesperson Liu Peicheng defended that despite having no concrete data on its protective effect as of the moment, their vaccine’s efficacy has been proven in Brazil, Indonesia, Chile and Turkey as these countries are where the vaccine …