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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore on Tuesday received its first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech, its health ministry said, although the injection is still pending approval for use in the city-state. Sinovac has started to send initial data, but the Health Sciences Authority is currently awaiting …

[ad_1] Now that effective coronavirus vaccines are licensed and distributed, the crucial question is: do they stop transmission? In clinical trials, Pfizer and Moderna showed that their vaccines prevent severe COVID-19, but they did not test whether their vaccines prevent asymptomatic cases. Without reducing these infections without symptoms, it is …

[ad_1] The PHILIPPINES is expected to remain under a blanket lockdown until the coronavirus vaccination program is underway. – CATHY ROSE A. GARCIA COMPANIES from various industries maintain a cautious recovery outlook this year, after Malacañang decided not to loosen the blockade restrictions. Rosemarie B. Ong, President of the Philippine …

[ad_1] A U.S. Navy veteran who was experiencing a mental health crisis died after a police officer helped him kneel on his neck for several minutes, suffocating him, his family’s lawyers said. Angelo Quinto, 30, was suffering from a bout of paranoia, anxiety and depression at his family’s home in …

[ad_1] The Philippine government expects the arrival of 600,000 doses of Sinovac Biotech vaccines before the end of February. “We expect the vaccines to arrive before the end of the month on Sunday, as China promised to deliver the shipment in three to five days after the publication of an …

[ad_1] The UK will not commit to the Department of Labor and Employment’s proposal that Filipino nurses and healthcare workers be exempted from the 5,000 annual limit on deployment in exchange for obtaining a secured supply of Covid-19 vaccines, a alleged barter that the Philippines have cleared up officials. “In …

[ad_1] FILIPINO YOUNG PROSPECT KAI SOTTO is no longer part of the NBA G League Ignite after the parties made a mutual decision that he would not rejoin the team. For Michael Angelo S. Murillo, Senior reporter Young FILIPINO prospect Kai Sotto will not be rejoining the Ignite team in …

[ad_1] MANILA – Following a “mutual decision,” the NBA G League announced Tuesday that Filipino basketball sensation Kai Sotto would not be joining the Ignite career program in the league’s current bubble season in Orlando, Florida. The development came amid uncertainty that the 18-year-old, eight-foot center would become the team …

[ad_1] (CNN) – Decades ago, Soviet scientists investigated biological weapons at a site in Volginsky, about 70 miles east of Moscow. Now that site is being used to mass produce a vaccine aimed at protecting people around the world from the coronavirus. CNN gained exclusive access to the facility, now …

[ad_1] These sounds are truly otherworldly. NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded 60 seconds of Martian sound on Saturday (February 20), just two days after its perfect landing inside Jezero crater. The newly released file, featuring a mechanical rover drone and the rustle of the Red Planet breeze, is the first actual …