Women wearing face masks to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak walk past a at stall selling masks during the last week of Ramadan at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. People flock markets and shopping malls in the capital as they shop for food and new clothings in preparation for Eid al Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holiest month in Islamic calendar. - AP
HANOI, May 4 (Bernama): The Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand on May 3 reported thousands of new Covid-19 cases, while Indonesia announced that it detected several new infections of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant in Jakarta, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
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Representative: A medic preparing a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease (AFP via Getty Images)
Thailand has delayed the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine that was scheduled to start on Friday with the public vaccination of the prime minister and cabinet members, amid concerns about reports of blood clots in some vaccinated people.
Thailand joined the ranks of Denmark, Norway and Iceland who have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after about 30 cases of “thromboembolic events” or blood clots were reported out of the five million Europeans who received the vaccine.