“Between March 2021 and October 2022, 500,000 residents in Cross River have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.”
Mr Lee said the nation must be “more proactive and aggressive in competing for enterprises and competing for talent” in his first speech on the subject.
The former world number one has refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to personal reasons. However, Australia still has strict immigration rules concerning vaccination against the virus.
Measures would be further loosened on October 13 for Taiwan to accept 150,000 international travellers weekly.
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has again appealed to Nigerians to get COVID-19 vaccines.
The World Health Organisation says the onset of winter in northern countries could spike COVID-19 hospitalisation and deaths.
Malawi has recorded 1,483 cholera cases.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded the Kano government for scaling up COVID-19 vaccination.
The federal government says there are no short-shelf doses of COVID-19 vaccine donations in Nigeria.
