Several have surpassed the United States in fully vaccinating their populations or are on track to do so, limiting the perniciousness of the delta variant of the coronavirus.In South Korea, the authorities said vaccines had helped keep most people out of the hospital.... Most of the countries do not manufacture their own vaccines and could face supply problems if their governments approve boosters.In Southeast Asia, the rollout has been slow and uneven, dragging down economic prospects there...

ISKANDAR PUTERI: A total of 74, 096 Orang Asli nationwide have been fully inoculated under the

PONTIAN: The state government is confident of achieving the target of having 90% of its adult population fully vaccinated by the end of the month. The state, said Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad, had also embarked on a vaccination programme for youths aged between 12 and 17.“ We are confident that by the end of October, all students – not only in this district but throughout Johor – will be vaccinated, which is in line with the target set at both the state and federal levels.“ This means that

against COVID-19 with around 87% of its 10 million population fully inoculated, is now facing a surge in

Mark Lennihan/ AP Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated

( Reuters)-Nigeria will start a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign later this week, aiming to inoculate

KOTA KINABALU: Prisoners in Sabah will not be excluded from Covid-19 vaccination, says state Health Department director Dr Rose Nani Mudin. She said the speed of transmission within prison walls was quick as it is an enclosed space.“ The past few days, we have seen a drastic increase in the number of Covid-19 cases and most of them are from prison clusters, ” she said after meeting with Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin here on Monday( July 19). Sabah recorded a total of 666 new cases on Sunday

While the level of LG’s autonomy is being sorted out, the Sindh government has decided to appoint the mayor of Karachi as a member of the governing bodies of the Karachi Development Authority, Malir Development Authority and Lyari Development Authority.... A politically divisive hybrid democracy works for the benefit of few at the cost of many.... And the social exclusion that it creates widens the gulf between the government and the common citizens. That is indicated by the minimal influence

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says vaccination has succeeded in sharply reducing the number of serious Covid-19 cases in the country.He said this was evident from the figures for admission of senior citizens in categories four and five cases to Hospital Sungai Buloh, which had dropped by more than 50% in the past one month. CLICK TO ENLARGE “ Now, the positive impact of vaccination is beginning to be seen, ” he said in a Facebook post yesterday.A total of 9.4 million seni

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 65.1% of the adult population in the country, or 15, 241, 655 individuals, have completed their vaccination as at Sept 1, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee( JKJAV).An infographic shared on the committee’s official Twitter account also showed that 85.1%, or 19, 932, 137 individuals, have received the first dose, bringing to a total of 35, 150, 474 doses dispensed under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. According to JKJ