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These doses will be administered to Chinese citizens residing in Vietnam, Vietnamese who will study, work or go to China for business purposes, and those who require this vaccine, especially in areas near Vietnam's border with China. The vaccine, called Vero Cell, is produced by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co.Ltd. Vietnam approved the emergency use of the vaccine on June 4. Vaccines and syringes arrived in Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport, June 20, 2021. Photo by V.Thu. The vaccine was approved by China last December and by WHO for emergency use last month. It has been shipped to more than 70 countries, including those in Southeast Asia like Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. More than 450 million doses of Vero Cell have been produced, with more than 100 million given away to other countries and selling for enterprises. Vietnam has been using the AstraZeneca vaccine for its vaccination program. It has approved four Covid-19 vaccines so far: U.K.'s AstraZeneca, Russia's Generium, China's Sinopharm and a vaccine developed by U.S.-based firm Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech Inc. …

A person in Thailand get vaccinated (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Countries in Southeast Asia continued to see a large number of COVID-19 cases on May 23. Cambodia logged 560 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths on the day, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. The country’s tally of COVID-19 infections has to date reached 25,205, with 17,701 recoveries. On the same day, 42 Indonesian medical workers were found to be infected with the coronavirus after providing treatment for 13 Filipino sailors. With more than 1.7 million COVID-19 cases and the death toll of 49,000, Indonesia is the hardest-hit country in Southeast Asia . Meanwhile, the Philippine Department of Health announced 3,083 new infections and 38 fatalities on the day, raising the national count to nearly 1.18 million and 19,951, respectively. Malaysia documented additional 6,976 cases on May 23, the highest daily figure since the start of COVID-19. Most of the new patients were in Selangor state. The country has a total of 512,091 cases. Thailand has announced to tighten border control after the detection of three cases with COVID-19 variant that originated in South Africa. It has to date logged a total of 129,500 infections and 776 fatalities. An online survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat university revealed on May 23 showed that 64.39 percent of 2,644 respondents nationwide said they agree to receive COVID-19 jab provided by the government./. VNA …

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