COVID-19 – NEW VARIANTS & VACCINES: GLOBAL & ASEAN status as of Saturday, 7am, May 29, 2021
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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 220 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.
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COVID-19 infection crosses 170.09 million globally as deaths cross 3.53 million.
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Here is the GLOBAL status as of Saturday, 7am, May 29, 2021
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Sick Earth: 1 Year, 6 Months, 29 Days
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Here is the ASEAN status as of Saturday, 7am, May 29, 2021
Here we provide updated information on cases in Asean, comprising new cases, total cases, new deaths and total deaths.
BRUNEI
Brunei had +` new cases, has a total of 241 with 3 deaths.
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10pc of Brunei vaccinated
As of May 26, 45,802 or around 10 per cent of people in Brunei were inoculated under the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme which commenced on April 3
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CAMBODIA
There has been 599 new positive case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Cambodia. The tally is at 28,237. 196 deaths. Total recovered at 20,900.
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Nearly 2 million people in Phnom Penh vaccinated against Covid-19 as of May 27
As of May 27, nearly 2 million people in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in accordance with the Royal Government’s determination that all Phnom Penh residents will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by June 2021.
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Indonesia
The country reported +5,862 new cases, taking total to 1,803,361, +193 new deaths, total is at 50,100 deaths.
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LAOS
The country reported +10 new case recorded, total at 1,905, +1 new death, Total death is at 3.
Next vaccine shipment expected soon
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The government is speeding up the Covid-19 vaccination programme as it now has enough vaccines for 760,000 people, while waiting for the next delivery to arrive. The next shipment is expected to arrive in June or July, according to Dr Chansay Phathammavong from the Mother and Child Health Centre.
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MALAYSIA
Malaysia has +8,290 new cases, bringing the total to 549,514, +61 deaths, total is at 2,552 deaths.
Myanmar
Myanmar reported +72 new cases, taking total to 143,486, +0 new deaths, total is at 3,216 deaths
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PHILIPPINES
The Philippines recorded +8,748 new cases, bringing the total to 1,209,154 with +187 new deaths, bringing total 20,566 deaths.
PH near bottom of vaccination rate
Senior citizens and persons with comorbidities get inoculated with Pfizer vaccine at Mandaluyong City Medical Center Mega Vaccination Site in Mandaluyong City on May 18, 2021. (Niño Jesus Orbeta/Inquirer)
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MANILA, Philippines—In a recent televised briefing on COVID-19, President Rodrigo Duterte directed two key officials involved in pandemic response to report what the President said was the good news about the Philippines’ vaccination campaign.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. quickly sifted through papers and declared that the Philippines was second in Southeast Asia in rate of vaccination
Last week, Malacanang also released a graph showing that the Philippines was second among Asean member-countries in the number of coronavirus vaccines administered.
It wasn’t clear where Malacanang got its data, but numbers compiled by the Our World in Data project of the prestigious University of Oxford showed the same claims.
Vaccination ranking as of May 22, according to Our World in Data was:
- Indonesia — 24.43M doses administered
- Philippines — 4.10M doses administered
- Cambodia — 3.77M doses administered
- Singapore — 3.41M doses administered
- Myanmar — 2.99M doses administered
- Thailand — 2.87M doses administered
- Malaysia — 2.49M doses administered
- Vietnam — 1.01M doses administered
- Laos — 563,466 doses administered
- Brunei — 33,850M doses administered
While the list showed that the Philippines has administered more vaccine doses than other countries, the numbers don’t mirror reality in the overall vaccination rate in Asean.
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Singapore
Reported +30 new cases, taking the total to 61,970 and 0 new death, tally now 32 deaths.
Thailand
Reported +3,759 new cases, total at 144,976, +34 new deaths, total deaths stands at 954.
Vietnam
Vietnam reported +80 new cases and a total of 6,396 cases, +1 new death, total remains at 47.
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Source: worldometers
