223: Daily Dose @ 5: Khairy said vaccination exercises depended on supply received, Japan to give millions of vaccine doses across Asia

<div>AMONG the headlines for Friday, 25 June, 2021, the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister, Khairy Jamaluddin assures the public that Covid-19 vaccines are being sent to vaccination centres and states as soon as they arrive.<br /><br /> Khairy explained that the utilisation of the available vaccines currently stood at 90 pct.<br /> <br /> Also, Japan announced today that it will send the Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccines to Asian nations starting next week.<br /> <br /> Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said the country will donate one million coronavirus vaccine shots each to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand.<br /> <br /> Separately, it will also provide 11 million doses of the vaccine to Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, and the Pacific island countries under the UN-backed COVAX, a global vaccine sharing initiative, from next month.<br /> <br /> Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes.<br /> <br /> We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.<br /> <br /> Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div>