Health

[ad_1] SYDNEY: A work-from-home order to combat the coronavirus in Australia’s most populous state ended on Monday (Dec 14), a milestone for a country with very low COVID-19 numbers, but many companies plan to maintain flexible labor arrangements. until 2021. The state of New South Wales (NSW), home to the …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Top Glove reported that a worker died on Saturday from COVID-19, the first death since the outbreak in their dormitories and factories in October. The manufacturer told Reuters in an email that the 29-year-old from Nepal had worked at its manufacturing plant in Klang, 40 km …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea ordered the closure of schools beginning Tuesday (December 15) in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst novel coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February. Schools in the capital region would switch classes online until the end …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A Bangladeshi worker was sentenced to death on Monday (December 14) for murdering his maid girlfriend at a Geylang hotel two years ago. Ahmed Salim, 31, was convicted of killing his girlfriend of six years after a date at the Golden Dragon Hotel on December 30, 2018, when …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Two people in the UK have experienced an allergic reaction to the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This prompted the UK drug regulator to issue cautionary advice earlier this week that “people with a significant history of allergic reactions” should not receive this vaccine for now. Ad Ad …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) – A gunman opened fire from the steps of New York City’s Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine just after an outdoor choir performance there on Sunday (December 13), and he himself was shot and killed by police, according to police and a Reuters photographer. …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other top US officials will receive the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday (December 14) as part of a plan aimed at ensuring government continuity, a source familiar with the plans said. Essential White House personnel and certain officials from …

[ad_1] KALAMAZOO, Michigan: The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States were recalled from a Michigan manufacturing plant on Sunday (Dec. 13), and the vaccines that are critical to stopping the coronavirus outbreak in the nation they begin in earnest day after. The Pfizer …

[ad_1] GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organization warned on Friday (December 11) that Christmas celebrations could turn to tears if people don’t stay on guard against Covid-19 during the holiday season. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the death toll in the coronavirus pandemic was rising and urged people …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE, December 12 (The Straits Times / ANN): Singapore plans to sign a free trade agreement next year with the Pacific Alliance, which is made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, after making important progress in the same . After three years of negotiations, the Pacific Alliance-Singapore Free …