Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Nearly 5,500 jobs are offered in the health sector, of which three out of four are long-term jobs. About 40 percent, or 1,530, of the 4,080 long-term jobs available are in professional and executive roles, such as nurses, allied healthcare professionals, and finance and human resources executives. …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: About 6,700 job openings are available in the health sector, with about 5,500 jobs and other training opportunities, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in its weekly work situation report on Thursday (10 May). December). The jobs are suitable for recent graduates and mid-career job seekers, including those …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States crossed an ominous new threshold of 3,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in a single day on Wednesday (Dec. 9), while public health officials stepped up preparations for a landmark vaccine campaign ahead of the regulatory approval imminent. The steady move toward a vaccine launch on …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korean authorities on Thursday (Dec. 10) rushed to build hospital beds from shipping containers to ease medical facilities hit by the latest wave of coronavirus, which shows little sign of abating with 682 new cases. The resurgence of infections has rekindled concerns about an acute shortage of …

[ad_1] LONDON: US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday (December 9) that documents related to the development of its COVID-19 vaccine had been “illegally accessed” in a cyberattack on the European drug regulator. The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which evaluates medicines and vaccines for the …

[ad_1] OTTAWA: Canada approved its first COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (Dec. 9) and said initial injections will be delivered and administered nationwide starting next week, while all Canadians will be able to be inoculated by the end of September. . Canada is the third country after Great Britain and Bahrain …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – As the relationship between Singapore and China evolves, the two countries are working together in new areas such as public health and seeking ways to deepen connectivity, Vice Premier Heng Swee Keat said on Tuesday (December 8). The foundations are being laid now, even as they are …

[ad_1] India has bought 1.6 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, which is more than any other country, according to a global analysis. Using its enormous manufacturing influence, the country purchased 500 million doses of the candidate vaccine from the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca, 1 billion doses from the American firm Novavax …

[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Delaware: President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday (Dec. 8) unveiled his plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic during his first 100 days in office, saying his administration would vaccinate 100 million Americans, push to reopen schools, and it would strengthen the mandates of masks. Biden, who formally introduced his …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Two additional COVID-19 tests for an 83-year-old cruise passenger who tested positive for the virus came back negative, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (December 9) evening. The man, who was a passenger on Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas, tested positive for COVID-19 while …