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Stark differences among SE Asia’s vaccination strategies

FILE PHOTO: A small shopping basket filled with vials labeled “Covid-19 – Coronavirus Vaccine” and a medical syringe are placed on a AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken Nov 29, 2020. (Reuters)

Moderna Inc won approval from Singapore for its Covid vaccine and signed a deal to sell doses to the Philippines, becoming the fourth supplier to get regulatory clearance in Southeast Asia.

Shots by AstraZeneca Plc, Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE and Sinovac Biotech Ltd have also been approved by at least one country in the region as inoculations roll out. China and India are giving some free vaccines to countries like the Philippines, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest and most populous economy, started its coronavirus vaccination program on Jan 13, with President Joko Widodo taking the…

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