Managing Long COVID in East Asia and the Pacific
The highly contagious Delta variant is fueling new outbreaks in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP). It is becoming evident that COVID-19 (coronavirus) is not leaving any time soon and may be here to stay. Countries with high vaccination coverage show,...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Malaysia
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/179981633527816046/Managing-Long-COVID-in-East-Asia-and-the-Pacific http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36396 |
| Summary: | The highly contagious Delta variant
is fueling new outbreaks in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP).
It is becoming evident that COVID-19 (coronavirus) is not
leaving any time soon and may be here to stay. Countries
with high vaccination coverage show, however, that
transition to a relativelybenign phase of "managed
endemicity" may be possible. At current trends, and
given vaccine availability, many EAP countries are expected
to vaccinate more than 60 percent of their populations by
the first half of next year. Achieving and sustaining high
coverage will require improving distribution capacity,
overcoming vaccine hesitancy, and expanding regional
production of vaccines to ensure reliable supplies for
persistent COVID-19. Countries will also need to sustain the
process of testing, tracing, and isolation, as well as
precautions such as social distancing and wearing masks.
Finally, countries need to strengthen their health systems
to cope with long COVID. |
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