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[ad_1] BEIJING / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Fragmentary releases of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac could undermine confidence in the injection, experts warned, as several countries prepare for mass inoculations with the vaccine. Turkish researchers said Thursday that Sinovac’s CoronaVac was 91.25% effective according to an …

[ad_1] In a move that shocked Malaysians, the Deputy Director General (Operations) of Malaysia’s Islamic Development Department (Jakim), Abdul Aziz Jusoh, recently issued a statement saying that halal certified companies should not display their products if they had a non-Islamic holiday greeting. This is surprising even to Jakim. Does Jakim …

[ad_1] There will be no fireworks displays at some common venues this year as operators don’t want to compromise public safety. – Image courtesy of Pexel KUALA LUMPUR, December 28 – The New Year has always been preceded by colorful fireworks displays and live performances commemorating the countdown. However, with …

[ad_1] (Dec 28): Two months ago, global investors, including Warburg Pincus, Carlyle, Temasek and GIC, were on the cusp of a big windfall from what would have been the world’s largest initial public offering. Now the returns on the hundreds of millions of dollars they invested with Ant Group Co. …

[ad_1] Fabinho may deserve a transfer decision During the dark and difficult early days at Anfield, it sometimes seemed implausible that Fabinho would make it to a century of appearances for Liverpool. But when he marked the significant milestone here against West Bromwich Albion, it raised a question. What would …

[ad_1] ISTANBUL: Cristiano Ronaldo was named Player of the Century on Sunday at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, Anadolu Agency (AA) reports. After defeating Barcelona’s Leo Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Ronaldo was voted the best player of the 2000s by a 23-person jury, including coaches and former players and …

[ad_1] YOUR OPINION | ‘Khairy’s pathetic lament that Singapore has’ deep pockets ‘is a national affront …’ Why M’sia is months behind S’pore in receiving the Covid-19 vaccine Aegis: This makes no sense. Singapore and other countries get the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine early because they have the urgency and the …

[ad_1] PARIS: Hungary and Slovakia got ahead of their neighboring EU countries when they began vaccinating people against COVID-19 on Saturday (December 26), a day before launches in several other countries, including France and Spain, as the pandemic spreads across the continent. In Germany, a small number of people in …

[ad_1] Walter KOTA KINABALU: When the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began offering free testing of the Covid-19 vaccine, a 35-year-old specialty chef from Sabahan took the opportunity to be among those who volunteered. Walter Dee Joseph, a native of Kampung Paung Membakut, has been working in Abu Dhabi, the capital …

[ad_1] BERLIN: It was during breakfast on the cold morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, “we have to fire the starting shot on this.” Sahin “had concluded from a post describing coronavirus cases in Wuhan … that there was a high probability that …