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State aid: Commission approves €2.5 billion Italian scheme to support self-employed and healthcare professionals in context of coronavirus outbreak

European Commission
14 Jul 2021
  European Union;   Italy

PH travel ban now includes Indonesia amid Delta variant threat

Philippine News Agency
14 Jul 2021
  Philippines

EMA calls for enforcement of COVID-19 safety amidst re-start of events

Colombo Page
14 Jul 2021
  Sri Lanka

U.S. Sending 1.5 Million Doses of Moderna Vaccine to Sri Lanka

BNN Bloomberg
14 Jul 2021
  United States;   Sri Lanka

Philippines extends travel ban on 7 countries to keep out Delta COVID-19 variant

ABS CBN News
14 Jul 2021
  Philippines

Malaysia seeks to beef up health system as Delta variant rages

Reuters
14 Jul 2021
  Malaysia

Laos to get 1 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Vientiane Times
14 Jul 2021
  Lao PDR

Japan to provide 600,000 doses of Covid vaccine

Vientiane Times
14 Jul 2021
  Lao PDR

Japan to donate COVID-19 vaccines to Maldives

The Edition
14 Jul 2021
  Maldives;   Japan

Vietnam to purchase 40 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Vietnam Net
13 Jul 2021
  Viet Nam

US' gift of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses reach Bhutan

ANI News
13 Jul 2021
  United States;   Bhutan

Australia eyes year-end travel bubble with Singapore, envoy says

Bloomberg
13 Jul 2021
  Australia

NSW records 89 new cases and one death as Morrison announces Covid support package – as it happened

The Guardian
13 Jul 2021
  Australia

Australia to give 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam

KFGO News
13 Jul 2021
  Australia;   Viet Nam

Merkel says COVID curbs to stay until more Germans get shots

Rappler
13 Jul 2021
  Germany

Malaysia shuts vaccination center after 204 staff infected

ABC News
13 Jul 2021
  Malaysia

Gov't urged to keep Metro Manila under GCQ until end-July

Rappler
13 Jul 2021
  Philippines

WHO downgrades classification of COVID-19 Theta variant found in PH

Rappler
13 Jul 2021
  Philippines

Switzerland funds food provision at quarantine centres

Vientiane Times
13 Jul 2021
  Lao PDR

France's Macron orders all health workers to get vaccinated

ABC News
13 Jul 2021
  France