Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Dengue cases have fallen to their lowest level this year following the largest outbreak in Singapore’s history. 228 were reported last week, seven times less than the peak of 1,792 cases in July. Last week’s figure, released on Friday (December 18) by the National Environment Agency (NEA), …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON DC: US ​​Vice President Mike Pence and his wife received the COVID-19 vaccine live on television on Friday (December 18) in a public display designed to reassure Americans that the vaccine is safe. “Building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morning,” Pence said after …

[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] SINGAPORE – Higher standards of service providers in the pet sector can be expected in the first half of next year, and the processes of relocation and adoption of dogs will also be improved, the Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) said on Friday ( Dec. 18). Additionally, AVS has …

[ad_1] SEOUL: Six people suffering from COVID-19 died in South Korea this month while waiting for hospital beds and hundreds cannot be admitted as rising coronavirus infections burden the healthcare system, officials and media said Friday (18 from December). South Korea reported 1,062 new coronavirus cases on Friday, its second …

[ad_1] BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand is easing travel restrictions for visitors from 56 countries, including Singapore, Japan and the United States, ahead of peak holiday season to boost the country’s ailing tourism sector. Tourists can enter Thailand without prior visas, but will need to carry a health certificate to show …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Unhappy that he was followed by auxiliary police officers who had approached him earlier for littering, a 53-year-old man kicked one of them in the knee and even threw a bicycle at them. Sulaiman Shaik Alladin was jailed for 18 weeks on Friday (December 18). He pleaded …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A professor who helped lay the groundwork for infectious disease research in Singapore was honored on Friday (December 18) for his efforts. Professor Ranga Krishnan, 64, received a medal from President Halimah Yacob at the Istana in the framework of the President’s Science and Technology Awards, the …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thailand has four new local coronavirus infections, health officials said on Friday (Dec. 18), just as the country has begun reopening to tourists after months of keeping the virus at bay. A 67-year-old woman selling shrimp in Samut Sakhon province was confirmed to have the infection, senior health …

[ad_1] WUHAN, China: In late 2019, Wuhan businesswoman Duan Ling and her surgeon husband Fang Yushun began hearing snippets on hospital chat groups about an illness emerging in the city’s respiratory wards. Duan didn’t pay much attention at first. Ad Ad Fang had returned that year from a stint studying …