Southeast Asia Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker: Who Will Get What, When
Bloomberg 12/31/2020 Ian Sayson and Claire Jiao
(Bloomberg) In the race to immunize people against the coronavirus, Singapore has pulled ahead of its neighbors to become the first in Southeast Asia to start an official Covid-19 vaccination program.
The city-state began inoculating healthcare workers on Dec. 30, when it gave shots to 40 staff from its national infectious diseases center.
Indonesia, which was the first in the region to receive a vaccine shipment, needs to wait for more data before approving China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. shots for use. Southeast Asia’s biggest and most populous economy has announced multiple agreements to receive potential vaccines as the nation fights the region’s worst coronavirus outbreak.
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(Bloomberg) In the evolving race for Covid-19 vaccines, Indonesia has taken the apparent lead in Southeast Asia with the delivery of vaccines from Chinaâs Sinovac Biotech Ltd. this month.
(Bloomberg) In the evolving race for Covid-19 vaccines, Indonesia has taken the apparent lead in Southeast Asia with the delivery of vaccines from Chinaâs Sinovac Biotech Ltd. this month.
Southeast Asiaâs biggest and most populous economy has also announced multiple agreements to receive potential vaccines, as the nation fights the worst coronavirus outbreak in the region.
Yet when it comes to the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE vaccine that has been bolstered by U.K. and U.S. regulatory approvals, smaller but wealthier Singapore has the advantage it expects the first shipments by the end of December.