Logistics, regulatory bottlenecks loom as South-east Asia embarks on Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, SE Asia


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JAKARTA - Malaysia's Health Ministry completed a 550km practice run in rural Sarawak to test its Covid-19 vaccine supply chain, while Indonesia's president rolled up his sleeve on live television to get the jab. South-east Asian countries are slowly rolling out vaccines, navigating regulatory hurdles, accelerating infections and supply bottlenecks across a vast and diverse population in the first mass immunisation of its kind in history. Past immunisation programmes for diseases like polio and tuberculosis had captive audiences: school children, for example. This time everyone needs a shot. The effort will be uneven. Experts say richer countries will be faster...