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Cambodia: Phnom Penh's Covid-19 jab drive ends on July 8 but country's cases continue to surge

The Ministry of Health on Sunday (June 27) reported another 839 Covid-19 cases, all but 76 of which were linked to the February 20 community outbreak. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN
PHNOM PENH, June 27 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration called on Phnom Penh residents aged 18 and over who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 to get the jabs from Sunday onwards as the vaccination campaign in the capital will end in the first week of July.
In an announcement dated June 25, it noted that the vaccination drive in Phnom Penh has been carried out in concerted effort among volunteers from the Ministry of National Defense, Samdech Techo Voluntary Youth Doctor Association (TYDA) and Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, among others.

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Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City sets up working group to buy Covid-19 vaccines as cases still rising and total hits 10,538

HCM City authorities have set up a working team responsible for buying Covid-19 vaccines for at least two-thirds of its population by year-end, said Nguyen Thanh Phong, the chairman of the People’s Committee.

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10 dead after drinking adulterated rice wine in NW Cambodia as Covid-19 cases continue to rise

PHNOM PENH, June 3 (Xinhua):Ten villagers subsequently died in northwest Cambodia's Pursat province after drinking locally-made rice wine, which was suspicious of containing high levels of methanol, a police chief said late on Thursday (June 4).
The incident occurred in three villages in Krakor district's Ansar Chambak commune when the victims consumed the tainted rice wine at the funeral of one of their neighbors last week, said Colonel Em Run, police chief of Krakor district.
"Ten people including eight women and two men were confirmed dead and several others have been hospitalized after drinking the adulterated wine," he told Xinhua over telephone.

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Vietnam: Southern region tightens preventive measures against Covid-91 as cases still rising in country

Following instructions from the People’s Committee, the Vietnam National University- Ho Chi Minh City’s Military and Security Training Centre has now set up a new quarantine area with 600 beds and admitted 473 people.

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Vietnam reports 42nd Covid-19 death as local cases keep rising

The special isolation area at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases' Dong Anh branch. - Vietnam News/ANN
HANOI, May 23 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam recorded its 42nd Covid-19 related death on Saturday (May 22) evening.
The deceased patient was a 72-year-old woman who was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ Dong Anh branch in Hanoi on April 30, with a six-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia and hypertension.
On May 4, the patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
She was transferred to the hospital’s department of emergency and intensive care. According to the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, the woman had a number of underlying medical conditions.

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Private Thai hospitals seek five million doses of Moderna vaccine; govt confirms 3,382 new Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths

Thailand’s Private Hospital Association is expected to use Moderna Inc. shots for its own inoculation programme alongside the government’s mass rollout of AstraZeneca Plc and Sinovac Biotech Ltd. vaccines.

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Industrial parks try to keep factories open amid Covid-19 outbreak as Vietnam's virus total goes above 5,000

A driver has temperature checked when entering Bắc Giang Province's Tan Yen District. The province is still the hardest hit with 84 cases reported on Saturday. - Vietnam News/ANN
HANOI, May 22 (vietnam News/ANN): Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked authorities in Bcc Ninh and Bac Giang provinces to continue closely monitoring Covid-19 hotspots and bring companies with large supply chains back into operation.
The request was made at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.
“Bac Giang Province must strictly manage workers in industrial zones to ensure the virus will not spread to other provinces,” he said. “At the same time the two provinces need to quickly bring businesses that meet safety requirements back into operation, especially those with large supply chains.

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AfricaFocus: Politics and Human Rights

AfricaFocus Bulletins with Material on Politics and Human Rights
April 19, 2021 Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity
http://www.africafocus.org/docs21/ga2104.php

"The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural
inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by
economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt. Within and
across countries, the people who have suffered most are those already
disadvantaged by race, class, gender, or place of birth, reflecting
the harsh inequality that has characterized our world for centuries."
March 8, 2021 USA/Global: Taxing the Tech Giants
http://www.africafocus.org/docs21/dig2103.php

How should we determine the corporate tax a big tech company should

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Philippines imposes travel ban on Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; as Covid-19 total hits 1,073,555

Ederlina Paraiso, 81, gets a shot of China's Sinovac coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at home, administered by health workers at Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 5, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA, May 5 (Xinhua): The Philippines will ban travelers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka from May 7 in efforts to prevent the spread of the highly infectious Covid-19 variant first found in India, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said on Wednesday.
In a memorandum, Medialdea said all passengers coming from or who have been to these countries within 14 days shall be prohibited from entering the Philippines from May 7 to 14.
According to the memorandum, arrivals before May 7 who come from or have been to these four countries will be allowed to enter but will be required to be isolated in government-run quarantine facilities for 14 days regardless of a swab test result.

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Workers protest Indonesia's labour law in May Day rallies; Covid-19 total now stands at 1,672,880

Workers in Indonesia marked international labor day on Saturday with significantly less attended marches due to coronavirus restrictions but thousands still vented their anger at a new law they say harms their rights and welfare.

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