COVID-19- NEW VARIANTS & VACCINES: GLOBAL & ASEAN status as of Monday, 7am, April 26, 2021
Roll out and vaccination of people with COVID-19 vaccines remains humanity’s main hope. Dreamstime
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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 218 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.
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COVID-19 infection crosses 147.72 million globally as deaths cross 3.12 million.
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Here is the GLOBAL status as of Monday, 7am, April 26, 2021
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Here is the ASEAN status as of Monday, 7am, April 26, 2021
Here we provide updated information on cases in Asean, comprising new cases, total cases, new deaths and total deaths.
BRUNEI
Brunei had +2 new cases, has a total of 223 with 3 deaths.
Vaccination drive for senior citizens begins
James Kon & Aziz Idris Senior citizens aged 60 and above received their first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday, making them the second group to be vaccinated after the country’s frontliners. In Brunei-Muara District, Ijong anak Kasau and wife Teo Wei Lee were the first two persons to receive their shots at the
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CAMBODIA
There has been 616 new positive case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cambodia. The tally is at 9,975. 74 deaths. Total recovered at 3,400
WHO Cambodia says hope is not lost; although the figures globally, including Cambodia, paint a grim picture
Dr Li Ailan, WHO Representative to Cambodia.The World Health Organisation’s Representative Office for Cambodia has issued a statement saying that “hope is not lost; although the figures globally, including Cambodia, paint a grim picture”
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INDONESIA
The country reported +4,402 new cases, taking total to 1,641,194, +94 new deaths, total is at 44,594 deaths.
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LAOS
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The country reported +76 new case recorded, total at 323. No deaths.
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MALAYSIA
The country reported +2,690 new cases, taking total 392,942, +10 new deaths, total is at 1,436 deaths.
498,504 individuals complete both doses of Covid-19 vaccine
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 498,504 individuals have completed receiving both doses of their vaccine shots under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as of yesterday.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said 791,910 individuals were given the first dose during the same period, bringing the number of doses administered so far to a total of 1,290,414.
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MYANMAR
Myanmar reported +8 new cases, taking total to 142,712, +0 new deaths, total is at 3,206 deaths
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PHILIPPINES
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Philippines sees ‘accelerated’ vaccine deliveries
Workers carefully unload the crates containing the doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca at the Bulwagang Kalayaan in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on March 4, 2021.
Neil Jayson Servallos (The Philippine Star 
– April 26, 2021 – 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — The country is expecting the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to be supplied by the COVAX Facility as early as next month, composed mostly of what the government said were delayed batches, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 said yesterday.
NTF chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said about seven million to eight million doses could be delivered in May.
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SINGAPORE
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Reported +40 new cases, taking the total to 61,006 and 0 new death, tally now 30 deaths.
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THAILAND
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Reported +2,438new cases, total at 55,460, +11 new deaths, total deaths stands at 140.
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VIETNAM
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Vietnam reported +10 new cases and a total of 2,843 cases, no new death, total remains at 35.
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Source: worldometers
