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Rotary Club, NUS school launch ambassador programme to tackle misinformation on vaccines
The training aims to equip participants with skills to educate their communities on the importance of getting vaccinated.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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A public health ambassador programme was launched yesterday to train people to raise awareness of the importance of getting Covid-19 jabs.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE, June 3 Infectious disease experts believe vaccination is the key prong of Singapore’s long-term Covid-19 strategy, while contact tracing is possibly its weakest link, as it depends on the common sense of individuals to step forward if they suspect they have contracted the virus..
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A reversal of fortunes is being felt across parts of Southeast Asia, as other markets that have suffered vast numbers of COVID-19 deaths such as the United States and European Union begin to open up and celebrate â just as pandemic success stories like Vietnam struggle to get enough people vaccinated in order to do the same.
Countries like the US and UK have suffered greatly but are beginning to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Photo: Le Toan
With EU member states and the European Parliament reaching consensus on legislation for a COVID-19 certificate in May, last week European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told an EU Council summit that technological infrastructure would be ready by June 1.
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A sharp rise in coronavirus cases from new variants in parts of Southeast Asia that had been less affected by the pandemic has prompted new restrictions, factory closures and attempts to rapidly scale up vaccination programmes across the region.
The number of daily new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia has soared past India s on a per capita basis, while total cases in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and East Timor have all more than doubled in the past month.
Thailand, which was the second country to record infections after China, had won plaudits for containing its first wave of cases, but its death toll has risen ten-fold over two months, though at just over 1,000 is still low by global standards.