VACCINATING ASIA

Asia's great vaccine race

Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard. Vaccination campaigns are in full force, but the roll-out is inching along at an excruciating pace. As with other regions in the world, Asia is grappling with myriad challenges on the onerous path towards Covid-19 immunity.

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Vaccinating the world against Covid-19 was never going to be an easy task to begin with.

But with many countries rolling out vaccination drives, the full scale of the difficulties in getting the job done has become increasingly apparent.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 03, 2021, with the headline Asia's great vaccine race. Subscribe