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Thai princess approves Chinese vaccine imports as coronavirus cases, anger mount

Thai princess approves Chinese vaccine imports as coronavirus cases, anger mount Michael E. Miller © Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters A Chinese-developed vaccine dose is deployed in Thailand. The sister of Thailand’s king raised eyebrows this week when she bypassed the country’s government and approved coronavirus vaccine imports by a research institution she chairs. The surprise intervention was the latest incident in which Southeast Asian elites appeared to skirt their countries’ rules on vaccination use and procurement, and comes as another wave of covid-19 infections crashes over the region. In Malaysia, outrage erupted recently over a report that the king was inoculated overseas even as other Malaysians wait their turn. And in the Philippines, anger lingers over how foreigners and the president’s bodyguards received early access to vaccines.

Malaysia s state of emergency failing to combat COVID outbreak, says opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim

Advertisement Singapore: To gain in an insight into just how serious Malaysia’s fight with COVID-19 has become you would only need to walk past Sungai Buloh Hospital on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. There, the bodies have been piling up so frequently that a shipping container has been converted to a makeshift morgue. Twice this week the south-east Asian nation of 32 million hit a record of new daily cases, peaking at 6075, while deaths climbed as high as 47 in a day. Pressure is building on intensive care units and a sluggish vaccine rollout gives no sign of relief. Malaysia’s COVID cases have reaches record highs despite the government’s months-long state of emergency.

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