BANGKOK – Methamphetamine from the super labs of lawless eastern Myanmar is surging as organized crime thrives in the instability caused by the February coup there, experts have told VOA, flooding neighboring countries with narcotics and carving out ne…
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new six-point plan to combat the surge in recent weeks of delta variant coronavirus cases and deaths, including sweeping vaccine mandates and other measures. Biden ordered 2.5 million federa…
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to call for a summit on boosting the global supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, according to U.S. news outlets. The summit will be held during the U.N. General Assembly later this month. The Washington Post
The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said Thursday the number of new COVID-19 cases on the continent fell by 23 percent last week, the steepest drop in eight weeks since a peak in July. During her weekly COVID-19
The Saravan Provincial Administration Office issued a notice today urging people in the province to store food and other necessaries as it will place the southern province under tough lockdown in fight against Covid-19.The severity of Covid-19 outbreak…
UNICEF Lao PDR and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over hygiene supplies and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) last Friday to support the ministry’s efforts to ensu…
The leader of the World Health Organization implored wealthy countries Wednesday to forgo COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for the rest of the year to ensure that poorer countries have more access to the vaccine. So far, such calls have not
BLANTYRE, MALAWI – Malawi health authorities fear vaccine hesitancy could lead to tens of thousands of COVID-19 jabs expiring early next month. With just 2% of Malawi’s population vaccinated, authorities hope to increase uptake by deploying mobile vac…
