Asia: Vaccines run dry as COVID surges in Asia to new record death levels
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21 May 2021
Kuala Lumpur/Kathmandu/Delhi/Geneva, 21 May 2021 – Instant action is needed by governments and pharmaceutical companies to fix a COVID-19 vaccine supply crisis in Asia as countries run out of stocks while suffering grim record daily death tolls.
Nepal and Bangladesh have run out of vaccines. A majority of countries in Asia are struggling with vaccine shortage while India, Nepal, Malaysia and the Philippines all have hospitals full to the brim with COVID-19 patients.
Alexander Matheou, Asia Pacific Director, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said:
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