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Pakistan to purchase 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm

Reuters
31 Dec 2020
  Pakistan

US Government provides $2.6 million to support medical oxygen systems in response to COVID-19 in Tajikistan

USAID
29 Dec 2020
  Tajikistan;   United States

Lao Airlines suspends charter flights

Vientiane Times
29 Dec 2020
  Lao PDR

Indonesia bans foreign visitors for 2 weeks over new coronavirus variant

Reuters
28 Dec 2020
  Indonesia

Rody: Return to tighter lockdown possible amid new COVID strain

ManilaStandard.net
26 Dec 2020
  Philippines

UNDP hands over personal protective equipment to the Republican Center for Immunoprofilaxis to battle COVID-19

UNDP
25 Dec 2020
  Tajikistan

Kazakhstan sends 100 domestically made mechanical ventilators to Tajikistan

The Astana Times
25 Dec 2020
  Kazakhstan;   Tajikistan

Ban on charter flights extended to keep Covid-19 in check

Vientiane Times
25 Dec 2020
  Lao PDR

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan consider resuming flights in spring 2021

Aviation Pros
22 Dec 2020
  Tajikistan;   Uzbekistan

IMF urges public spending, ECB loans to weather coronavirus

Politico
22 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

Senate unanimously approves $7.62 billion for 2021 national budget

Khmer Times
22 Dec 2020
  Cambodia

Malaysia faces revenue crunch as spending mounts on coronavirus woes

The Straits Times
21 Dec 2020
  Malaysia

Free Covid-19 vaccinations may be available in 2021

Vientiane Times
20 Dec 2020
  Lao PDR

Japan provides essential medical equipment to Laos to address the impact of COVID-19

Vientiane Times
20 Dec 2020
  Japan;   Lao PDR

Festivals postponed amid Covid fears

Vientiane Times
18 Dec 2020
  Lao PDR

Russia allocates $ 2 million for UNDP project to accelerate post-COVID economic recovery in Tajikistan

UNDP
17 Dec 2020
  Russian Federation;   Tajikistan

ADB to scale up support for Philippines' infrastructure, health, job recovery in 2021–2023

ADB
16 Dec 2020
  Philippines

ECB eases COVID-19 crisis ban on dividends as outlook improves

Reuters
16 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank

Singapore to launch segregated lane for business travellers who will not need to be quarantined

The Straits Times
15 Dec 2020
  Singapore

ECB bond purchase budget a ceiling, not a target: Rehn

Reuters
15 Dec 2020
  European Central Bank