Get a jab and win a prize

Lucky winner: Charan Damrong­kiatpana holding up a sign after winning a raffle campaign for inoculated residents to win a live cow per week in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. — Reuters

Chickens, cows, paid leave, even a million-dollar apartment, these are the prizes on offer from Thailand to Indonesia to Hong Kong for those who get vaccinated against Covid-19 as nations across Asia combat vaccine hesitancy.

As more transmissible variants of the virus have driven a surge in cases in South-East Asia in recent weeks, authorities have started offering chances in lucky draws for vaccinations.