According to Bloomberg’s Covid-19 vaccine tracker, the Philippines and many Asean countries will need more than a decade to vaccinate the majority of their populations. The data, which was based on vaccine information from the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, revealed that the Philippines has the third highest vaccination rate in the Asean region, at 25,527 doses per day. …

PETALING JAYA: To kickstart the medical tourism industry, the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia has urged the government to make preparations for the creation of vaccine passports for those who have been immunised against Covid-19. Dr. Kuljit Singh, the organization’s president, stated that this should not only apply to those who have been vaccinated, but also to those who have …

KUALA LUMPUR – Technical issues at the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore, combined with an increase in passport renewal applications during the Covid-19 pandemic, contributed to long lines outside the mission recently, according to the Malaysian Immigration Department. In a statement, Malaysian Immigration Chief Khairul Dzaimee Daud said that a passport printing machine at the high commission is currently out …

The congress has being challenged as  representative Harry Roque and Gen. Debold Sinas, public police officer, should confront punishments if examinations show that they abused wellbeing conventions. In view of this, both Sinas and Roque have been condemned for spurning isolate rules on various events, with the previous blamed for skipping wellbeing screening at Oriental Mindoro around the same time …

The Justice Ministry has denied claims that jail corrections officers undermined three kept enemy of government rally pioneers and said they opposed Covid-19 testing and overlooked the security of different detainees. Pummel Nakbua, delegate lasting secretary for equity shared that three prisoners who are Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa, Panupong “Mike” Jadnok and Piyarat “Toto” Chongthep and  were moved from the Thon …

The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) held its first Partnership Conference with the theme “Towards Post-COVID Recovery and Resilience in ASEAN,” recognizing the need for stronger cross-pillar and cross-sectoral cooperation among ASEAN, its stakeholders, and partners in realizing the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery System. Kung Phoak, the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASCC, welcomed the delegates and stressed that the region’s recovery …

The image of the public authority’s pandemic team is presently important for COVID-19 insights. But surprisingly, The President’s representative Harry Roque declared yesterday that he has contracted COVID-19 however promised to keep playing out his capacities, including reminding general society to notice estimates that would shield them from the illness. Roque, likewise the representative for the Inter-Agency Task Force for …

Unexpectedly, certain organizations were again closed down, alcohol boycotts were reimposed, assigned smoking territories in work environments and public foundations were denied in a few regions yesterday as longer time limitation hours started the previous evening in Metro Manila to check a fast ascent in COVID-19 cases. Police and barangay faculty started catching violators of wellbeing conventions, forcing fines and …

The Department of Health proposal to reinforce the authorization and execution of least general health protocols has been affirmed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) in an offer to capture the flood in COVID-19 cases in the country. As the nation recorded an aggregate of 4,578 new COVID-19 cases recently, official representative Harry …

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and members of his Cabinet canceled plans to obtain AstraZeneca vaccine shots on Friday (Mar 12) after the country postponed their use due to fears of blood clots in some European countries, according to a health official. After a suspension of inoculations using the vaccine in Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, Prasit Watanapa, dean of …