Web Desk -Many Asian countries are currently in the grip of a global pandemic and cases of the coronavirus in Asian countries are on the rise compared to last year due to inadequate vaccination campaigns.
Observers say the governments of the affected countries are losing credibility with large-scale lockdown closures and border crossings to protect against the corona virus.
Delta Indian Virus
According to experts, the spread of the Delta virus from India, the contagion of airline staff and the bringing of the virus into the country by citizens of these countries after traveling abroad are among the major reasons for the spread of code nineteen.
Over the past several months, in the wake of the decline in corona cases, several Asian countries have eased restrictions on the prevention of corona virus and domestic travel has been accelerating.
Countries from Bangkok to Taipei removed the vaccine from their priority lists last year.
Western Countries Vaccination Campaign
In contrast, Western countries have stepped up vaccination campaigns, which can be estimated from the fact that 87% of people in the UK have been vaccinated.Here in the United States, any adult can get vaccinated at any drug store.
Many Asian countries controlled respiratory disease in 2020 by banning foreign travelers and closing public gatherings.In Asian countries, production-dependent economies have faced global epidemics while maintaining job opportunities.
Bangkok's Challang Karun University Professor
Commenting on the situation, Theti Nan Pang Sudhirk, a professor of political science at Bangkok's Challang Karun University, described the current bad situation as a bad effect of being satisfied with the situation.
Speaking to VOA, he said that Thailand had performed so well in controlling the virus last year, but was satisfied with its performance and lagged far behind other countries in obtaining the vaccine.
World Population Data
According to Our World in Data, only 5% of the total population in Thailand has completed the vaccination dose.In Vietnam, the rate of complete vaccination is only one percent.
Cronavirus cases have reached record levels in both countries.A record 11,397 daily cases were reported in Thailand on July 18.While in Vietnam, 5,926 people were diagnosed with codeine nineteen on the same day.
Taiwan
In Taiwan, where the first major outbreak of the global epidemic hit the country in May this year, by mid-July, only 50 percent of people had received two doses of the vaccine.While 20 percent had received one dose.
Philippine
The Philippines has been battling a global pandemic for the past year, but now there are 5,000 cases of codeine nineteen every day.
Malaysia
The situation is also bad in Malaysia and on July 15, a record number of 13,215 daily cases of Nineteen were reported in the country.
Both countries have strict rules for separating infected people.
Asian Countries
To meet the challenge of this epidemic, Asian countries are now having difficulty obtaining vaccines from Western pharmaceutical companies.As pharmaceutical companies are busy handling pre-received demand orders.
Latest Corona Report About Asian Countries
According to the latest reports, because Asian countries take a long time to allow local companies to manufacture pharmaceuticals.The people of these countries are worried about the consequences of the global epidemic.Cold storage facilities for medicines are also declining in many places.
As a result, many countries have relied on donations to obtain vaccines or are seeking to buy vaccines from China, Japan and the United States.
Taiwan and Vietnam have decided to increase the supply of drugs from domestically made vaccines.
Japan has also offered Vietnam اٹھ 1.8 million and a cold storage facility to keep the vaccine safe.
Southeast Asia
Six-and-a-half million people in Southeast Asia are now facing economic stagnation due to business shutdowns.As governments have issued closures and house arrest orders to stem the spread of the epidemic.
The Asian Development Bank, meanwhile, has forecast that the region's economic growth will slow to 4 percent.
Biswas Asian Economist
Rajiv Biswas, Asia Pacific's top economist, says the region's economic situation has changed dramatically and is now the opposite of that in Europe and the United States.
According to Biswas, the increase in cases of delta virus coming from India has added to the problems of Southeast Asian countries.
On the other hand, the governments of Asian countries expect that the availability of vaccines will improve in the second half of this year and more people will be given anti-virus doses.
Song Seng Wen Economist
Song Seng Wen, an economist and economist at the Malaysian bank CIMB, says the slowdown in growth is not permanent and the availability of vaccines will enable economic recovery.
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