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View all search resultsIndonesia said it would focus on ensuring equitable access to vaccines and manufacturing, among other topics, as the country is set to kick off the Group of 20 (G20) Health Working Group (HWG) meeting.
Health authorities reported 4,770 new infections across the country, the bulk in the northeastern province of Jilin, as the city of Shenyang in neighbouring Liaoning province was ordered to lock down late Monday.
China reported 5,280 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant spreads across a country which has tethered tightly to a 'zero-COVID' strategy.
Mainland China reported 1,337 new domestically transmitted COVID cases with confirmed symptoms on March 13, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday. That brought the total this year to more than 9,000, compared with 8,378 in 2021, according to Reuters calculations.
Authorities have moved to ramp up the national vaccination drive and extend the shelf life of some COVID-19 vaccine brands in a bid to prevent millions of near-expiry vaccines from being unusable.