Hit Hard by Covid-19, Southeast Asian Countries Turn to Western Vaccines

Developing countries in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to Western vaccines as the pace of immunizations slows in the U.S. and supplies open up, marking a shift from a reliance on Chinese vaccines earlier in the year.

In recent days, Indonesia and Malaysia have said they expect to receive millions of doses of a vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE in the second half of the year. The Philippines has already started receiving doses of vaccines from Moderna Inc. and Pfizer, and expects millions more in the coming months.

The bulk of vaccines in Indonesia and the Philippines in the first half of the year came from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., and Malaysia had mainly relied on a mix of Sinovac and Pfizer. The countries haven’t cited concerns over Sinovac’s efficacy as a reason for taking up Western vaccines, though Indonesia recently said it planned to give a booster shot to healthcare workers who had received two doses of the Sinovac shot.

经过了一年的等待，西方疫苗终于到货了

I think the title of this WSJ article should be:- Southeast Asia countries finally manage to get their hands on western vaccines after it was hoarded by developed nations

They're not turning to Western vaccines. Those vaccines are now available for them after the West kept them for themselves.

The title of this article should be 'Western countries stop hording vaccine freeing it up for Southeast Asian countries' and FYI, Sinovac did just as well in reducing cases with severe effect and chance of death by covid.

Ｔhe recent earthquake and it in Gifu . I think it's too symbolic. Ｇod gets angry about Olimpic holding, too. The end of the world further down is told. It seems in the tone of the bell which rings. An sich Olimpic cancellation. The last chance the mankind gives up.

Do your homework properly WSJ, Our government already bought 70% of Pfizer, the reason Sinovac jab was stopped because it has ran out since we only bought around 18% of it and Pfizer supply starts to increase this month (too slow you know what is the reason)

Aren't the west hoard the vaccine first?

Vaccine is not the solution for this pandemic

How the west brainwash the world. The west hoard all the vaccines before everyone else.

Not only is this factually wrong, it is clickbait and incites the wrong views on non-Western vaccines. Pfizer has always been a major part of Malaysia's vaccine programme, with the agreement signed in November 2020. Get your shit together and do some proper journalism.

Not only is this factually wrong, it is clickbait and incites the wrong views on non-Western vaccines. Pfzier has always been a major part of Malaysia's vaccine programmes, with the agreement signed in November 2020. Get your shit together and do proper journalism.

The middle class Chinese do not even trust any China made vaccine. They buy anything important from the west from baby formula to Coach purses and cars.

Israel UK US ,,, now the covid number increase rapidly, what’s the meaning? You slandering Chinese vaccines is so weird and shameful

Did UK also use Chinese vaccines which caused cases surge?

The only thing these rubbish Western media do every day is to discredit China. If Pfizer's effect is so good, why is the United States now entering the third wave of the epidemic? It can be seen that the effectiveness of the US vaccine is very poor

Some countries that used to rely on Western vaccines are turning to Chinese vaccines. S. Africa, for example, has given the green light to Chinese vaccines after undergoing three waves of Covid-19, with the 3rd one the most severe despite the rollout of Western vaccines.

Yeah right, after hundreds of millions of western vaccines banned from export, or expired and wasted……

It is hard to trust you.

US hoarding vaccines in the first place.

The picture is Faker than Democracy.

Where are the funeral service lobbyists?

BC theirs are not working

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