South-East Asia should scale up covid vaccination coverage: WHO ChinaPulse.com China News, Data, Media Intelligence and Insights


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News Snapshot: Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): Amid an incessant rise in Covid cases, the World Health Organization called on countries in the South-East Asian region to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination coverage today. While significant progress has been made in the region towards vaccinating populations against COVID-19, several countries missed the global target to fully vaccinate 70 per cent of their total population with all primary doses of the vaccine by June end responsible for various regions witnessing a surge in cases. "We know that the current COVID-19 vaccines provide high levels of protection against severe disease and death for all...