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A government notice made no mention of Covid-19, but state media said the authorities were taking measures in the capital to “cope with the daily-worsening world health crisis.”
UNICEF set for coronavirus-related aid to North Korea, if it asks
Philippines welcomes the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX facility Format Joint press release by DOH, UNICEF, WHO, GAVI, CEPI 04 March 2021, Manila - Today, more than 480,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the Philippines from the COVAX Facility, the international partnership established to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. The Philippines is among the first countries in Southeast Asia to receive vaccines from the COVAX Facility. COVAX is co-led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic ...
English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Protection and Human Rights; published on 22 Feb 2021 by UNICEF
By Karin Hulshof REUTERS/Tyrone Siu Dung, a 14-year-old girl from the Hmong ethnic minority, lives in Lao Cai province in northern Vietnam. During the COVID-19 related school closures in the country she and her brother began studying at home using materials their teachers shared through an online portal. But there is no internet in Dung’s home, so they walked daily to the nearest preschool, stood outside the gate and tried to catch its Wi-Fi to download their homework. Dung and her brother are not alone. Although East Asia and the Pacific has the fastest growing internet penetration i...