[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Dec. 17) expanded its campaign to deliver COVID-19 vaccine injections into the arms of doctors and nurses on the front lines of a pandemic that has killed more than 2,500 Americans per day, including as a great winter storm. threatened to slow progress …
Read More »United States Sets 24-Hour Records With More Than 3,700 COVID-19 Deaths And 250,000 New Cases
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The United States set a grim double record on Wednesday (December 16) with more than 3,700 deaths and more than 250,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. The country has seen a dramatic increase in COVID-19 infections for more than …
Read More »Non-residents account for 9 out of 10 of the total decline in employment from January to September: MOM
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The total number of people employed here continued to decline in the third quarter, but at a significantly slower pace, as resident employment recovered “strongly” to near-pre-pandemic levels. In addition to the faster drop in non-resident employment, foreigners, excluding maids, accounted for nearly nine out of ten of …
Read More »2 Singaporeans Among 12 New Imported Covid-19 Cases in Singapore, Singapore Spotlight News & Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two Singaporeans were among 12 new coronavirus cases announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday night (December 16). The Singaporeans are a 39-year-old man who returned from Indonesia and a 50-year-old woman who came from Australia. The man showed symptoms last Saturday and was confirmed …
Read More »Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Sinovac: A Look at Three Key COVID-19 Vaccines
[ad_1] By the end of this week, people in the country hardest hit by COVID-19 could have access to a second COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday (December 15), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mRNA-1273, the vaccine candidate made by the American biotechnology company Moderna, as safe and effective. …
Read More »Many parts of the world may not get vaccinated until 2022: study, news from Europe and top stories
[ad_1] PARIS (AFP) – At least a fifth of the world’s population may not have access to the Covid-19 vaccine until 2022, according to a study published on Wednesday (December 16), and the richest nations reserve more than half of potential doses next year. In the hope that vaccines can …
Read More »Impossible 7 crew due to COVID-19 security breach
[ad_1] A footage has emerged of Tom Cruise berating crew members on the set of Mission: Impossible 7 for allegedly breaking coronavirus (COVID-19) security protocols. The Sun released the audio clip of the actor’s furious spiel, which was allegedly sparked by two crew members standing “less than a meter apart …
Read More »Vaccinating Billions Means Finding Ways to Avoid Patent Stagnation
[ad_1] According to Oxfam, nine out of 10 people in underdeveloped countries will miss a vaccine in 2021. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan / Bloomberg Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan / Bloomberg Covid-19 vaccines appear to be prepared to protect millions of world citizens richest countries in the coming months. But inoculating the rest …
Read More »EU Moves To Curb US Tech Giants With Threat Of Fines And Breakup
[ad_1] BRUSSELS: American tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google face fines of up to 10 percent of annual turnover and could even split under draft European Union rules announced Tuesday to curb their powers. The rules are the most serious attempt by the 27-nation bloc to curb tech …
Read More »Younger People in Indonesia Receive First Covid Vaccines in Rare Launch
[ad_1] Indonesia plans to vaccinate its young working-age population against the coronavirus before the elderly, in contrast to much of the world that plans to put its vulnerable older people first. The first Southeast Asian country to receive Covid-19 vaccine delivery will focus on inoculating people between the ages of …
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