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. 2023 Jun 24;14(2):1–11. doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2023.14.2.1046

Table 1. Sources of COVID-19 safety data, by country and area in the Western Pacific Region.

Data source Country and areaa
Weekly reports Non-PICs: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region SAR (China), Lao People's Democratic Republic, Macao SAR (China), Malaysia,b Mongolia, New Zealand,b Papua New Guinea,
the Philippines, Viet Nam
PICs: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji,b Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, French Polynesia,b Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
Official government web sites Non-PICs: Australia, Japan, Malaysia,b New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore
PICs: New Caledonia, Fiji,b French Polynesiab

PICs: Pacific island countries and areas; SAR: Special Administrative Region.

a There are 27 countries and 10 areas in the Western Pacific Region.

b Safety data were obtained from both weekly reports and data published on official government web sites.