In South-east Asia, vaccination efforts face many roadblocks

With the world now in its second year of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, attention is fully focused on controlling the spread of the virus and its variants, and ensuring that as many people as possible have access to approved vaccines. In this series of stories, our foreign correspondents take a closer look at the vaccination programmes in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, and what governments there need to do to overcome the many logistical and implementation hurdles in their path.

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• With tourists set to return, Thailand is counting on speedy vaccine rollout
• In Indonesia, vaccine shortages are the main concern
• Malaysia widens approach to speed up vaccine drive amid slow registrations