Health

[ad_1] BEIJING (AFP, REUTERS) – More than three million swabs were taken in a matter of days in Qingdao, the Chinese port city where a minor coronavirus outbreak prompted a widespread health response. Queues for testing stretched until Monday night (October 12) in the eastern city, which detected six cases …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday she did not engage with the White House on how she would rule on Obamacare or election-related disputes and refused to tell the Senators if you believe in historic rulings legalizing abortion and gay marriage …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: More than 500 healthcare workers have been dispatched to various districts in Sabah to help with the increase in Covid-19 cases in the state, says Tan Sri Director General of Health Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said 522 health workers of various disciplines have been deployed to …

[ad_1] The coastal city will test all nine million residents for the next five days with some areas blocked. Authorities in Qingdao, China, said on Monday they would test the city’s entire population of more than 9 million people for COVID-19 over the next five days, after new cases emerged …

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said it had temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the most high-profile efforts to contain the global pandemic. The participant’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by an independent safety …

[ad_1] JAKARTA, Oct. 13 (The Straits Times / ANN): Indonesia aims to start administering coronavirus vaccines early next month relying on supply from Chinese pharmaceutical companies as the world’s fourth-most populous country battles a health crisis that may result in your first recession in more than two decades. The Coordinating …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Oct. 13 (The Straits Times / ANN): A 66-year-old man, who killed his mentally ill adult daughter in 2018 after she pointed a knife at him, was released from prison on Monday (Oct. 12) , the day he was sentenced to two years and nine months in jail. …

[ad_1] Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus. The Juventus star was due to play for Portugal tomorrow in the Nations League Group C clash against Sweden. The 35-year-old has been released by the national team and must now isolate himself. Portugal’s FPF said, according to the Mirror: “Cristiano Ronaldo …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: It will take about a week for the Health Ministry to determine whether the Conditional Motion Control Order (MCO) in the Klang Valley achieves the intended result of flattening the Covid-19 curve, says Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. The Health Director-General said it was still too …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Those returning from Sabah must undergo the full 14-day home quarantine, even if they test negative for Covid-19, says Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. The Director General of Health said this was because the number of cases involving returnees from Sabah continued to rise despite the Health …