Vaccination

SEOUL - Standing tall in bright red hazmat suits, five North Korean health workers stride towards an ambulance to do battle with a Covid-19 outbreak that - in the presumed absence of vaccines - the country is using antibiotics and home remedies to treat. The isolated state is one of only two countries yet to begin a vaccination campaign and, until last week, had insisted it … [Read more...] about Lacking vaccines, North Korea battles Covid-19 with antibiotics, home remedies

A German woman who had been missing for 7 days, has now been found. 75 year old tourist Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange was found safe in the สิรินาถ National Park along the northern west coast of Phuket. Last week it was reported that the lady had headed off for a morning walk from her hotel in Mai Khao. From last Wednesday, when it became clear that she had gone … [Read more...] about Thailand News Today | Thai parents fear vaccine side effects on children

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is urging the national government to use the allotted second doses of COVID-19 vaccines as first dose for those who have yet to be vaccinated to cover more Filipinos in the inoculation program. Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin, who formerly served as secretary of health, said that the currently stored vaccines supposedly for second dose … [Read more...] about Gov’t urged to use stored 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccines as 1st dose to cover more Filipinos

Kyodo News Seoul, South Korea   ● Tue, May 17, 2022 2022-05-17 10:45 0 e16ff64e7ecc29b417414912230d456b 2 Asia and Pacific Korea,North-Korea,COVID-19,kim-jong-un,Yoon-Seok-youl,presidency,vaccination Free South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday reiterated a willingness to support North Korea with necessary medical supplies and medicines to … [Read more...] about Yoon repeats South Korea’s readiness to support North’s COVID-19 fight

SEOUL (Reuters) -Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea's military to stabilise distribution of COVID-19 medicine in the capital, Pyongyang, in the battle against the country's first confirmed outbreak of the disease, state media said. Last week brought the North's first acknowledgment of an "explosive" outbreak, with experts warning it could devastate a country with … [Read more...] about N.Korea’s Kim orders military to stabilise supply of COVID drugs