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A health worker gives a COVID-19 jab to a resident in Vientiane, Laos. (Photo: XINHUA/VNA)The government has obtained its goal to vaccinate at least 50 percent of the population by the end of 2021, putting the pandemic under control. However, challenges remain and more lessons are to be learned to ensure a larger segment of the population get vaccinated in 2022.The Vientiane Times on January 24 quoted Phonepaseuth Ounaphom, Director General of the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion under the Ministry of Health, as saying that the country made good progress last year under the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan.Large numbers of people in priority groups have been fully vaccinated, including children aged 12 and over, pregnant women, and essential workers such as school teachers.In order to increase vaccine coverage, striving to achieve the goal of at least 80 percent of the population being vaccinated by the end of 2022, the Ministry of Health has directed authorities to s ....
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Australia has donated 905,580 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. ....
Covid-19 cases and positivity rates are rising in the occupied Palestinian territory. Cases in Gaza are leading, and an increasing threat to the health care systems and hospitals is looming on the horizon. ....
Laos health officials are speeding up the Covid vaccination programme, aiming to vaccinate 87.25 per cent of the population by the end of this year. Vaccination is seen as essential in light of kick starting the tourism sector and the urgent need to rebuild the economy. ....
Laos health officials are speeding up the Covid vaccination programme, aiming to vaccinate 87.25 percent of the population by the end of this year. ....