Health

[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (BLOOMBERG) – Sweden faces a healthcare worker shortage as the number of resignations rises after a relentless year of caring for Covid-19 patients. The president of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals, Sineva Ribeiro, says the situation is “dire”. Even before the first wave of the pandemic in …

[ad_1] Chinese authorities have already approved multiple Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country, and nearly a million Chinese have already been vaccinated with one candidate. Several local governments are already placing orders for domestically developed vaccines, although the Chinese government has not confirmed how many people it intends …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: An Indonesian Indonesian cleric surrendered to authorities on Saturday (December 12) after he was accused of inciting people to violate pandemic restrictions by holding events with large crowds. Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, arrived at the Jakarta police headquarters a day after police warned that …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (NYTIMES, AFP) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday (Dec. 11), according to two people with knowledge of the decision who spoke on condition anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it. The action means that millions of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Eight new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Saturday (December 12), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,313. All were imported cases that had been placed on a stay-at-home notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. More details will be …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, facing a midnight deadline on Friday (Dec. 11), signed a one-week extension of expiring federal funds to avoid a government shutdown and allow more time for separate talks on relief. COVID-19 and an overhead bill. . The Republican-led Senate passed the bill Friday afternoon after …

[ad_1] LIMA: Peru temporarily suspended clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm after detecting neurological problems in one of its test volunteers. The National Institute of Health said on Friday (December 11) that it had decided to interrupt the trial after a volunteer had difficulty …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Eight new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Singapore as of noon on Saturday (December 12), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. All the new cases were imported and placed on stay-at-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, the ministry said in its preliminary daily update. Ad Ad There …

[ad_1] An 83-year-old passenger who initially tested positive for the coronavirus on a “cruise to nowhere” from Singapore this week, forcing thousands of passengers and crew members to return to port a day earlier, did not have the virus after. of everything, officials. he said Thursday. The passenger, who had …

[ad_1] GENEVA: The World Health Organization expects to make decisions on whether to approve the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca in the coming weeks, its chief scientist said on Friday (December 11). Soumya Swaminathan said the world health body could decide on the Pfizer vaccine …