Health

[ad_1] (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some of the most recent scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. COVID-19 much more deadly than seasonal flu COVID-19 is three times more deadly than seasonal …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The World Bank has suggested that the government consider a fiscal policy that strives to increase revenue and improve spending efficiency. In terms of revenue, the government may consider strategies that prioritize increasing the progressivity of the personal income tax framework, he said. The World Bank said …

[ad_1] KLANG (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – At least 50 staff members and an undisclosed number of patients at a major hospital in Selangor’s town of Klang have tested positive for Covid-19, a health official said Thursday (17 from December). Klang is the same city where the coronavirus …

[ad_1] SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian states and territories began on Friday (December 18) to impose border restrictions after 28 cases of Covid-19 were detected in a cluster on Sydney’s northern beaches, fearing it would increase. the number of infections. “Everyone in the greater Sydney area should be on high alert,” …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The third meeting of the third term of the XIV Parliament was postponed sine die on Friday (December 18), after sitting for 29 days starting on November 2, with 10 bills presented and approved, including the Supply Law Project 2021. The Finance Bill 2020 was also …

[ad_1] Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the groups reporting the highest number of new cases in the past 24 hours were the Jalan Harapan Prison Group (235 cases), the Bina Muda Construction Site Group (74 cases) and Tembok’s group (55 cases). PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health has detected …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Pregnant women with COVID-19 get no more ill than the general population, according to a Singapore study published on Friday, which also found that babies born to infected mothers have antibodies to the new coronavirus. The small study of 16 women also found no evidence of …

[ad_1] Zhang Zhan is accused of “causing fights and causing trouble.” (Photo from Twitter / Varun Vohra) BEIJING: A citizen journalist detained in China after reporting from ground zero on Wuhan’s Covid-19 will face trial later this month, her lawyer said on Friday, as fears for her health grow. The …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,771 COVID-19 cases were recorded among healthcare workers, with 1,359 cases detected during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Malaysian Ministry of Health said. The Health Ministry added that 43 new cases were registered on Friday (December 18). Ad Ad Of those …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Vice President Mike Pence received his COVID-19 vaccine live on television on Friday, seeking to shore up public support for the vaccines as US regulators were about to approve a second one. vaccine for emergency use. Pence said he “felt nothing” after he, his wife …