Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A Singaporean who had traveled to Indonesia with the Business Travel Pass was one of 12 new imported Covid-19 cases announced on Saturday (December 5). He is the second known person to have such a pass that is infected. The above patient was announced on November 9 …

[ad_1] DUBAI: South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Saturday (December 5) questioned North Korea’s claim that it has no coronavirus cases, while offering the South’s help to fight the pandemic. In an unusually clear official statement, Kang told the annual IISS Manama Dialogue security conference that Pyongyang has not …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will allow movement between states and districts across the country starting Monday (December 7) without the need for a police permit, except in areas under a blockade known as the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO). “The police will also remove obstacles from December 7, but will …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korean authorities called for vigilance on Saturday as small clusters of coronaviruses emerged in a third wave, focused on the Seoul area, with infections nearing nine-month highs. The Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency (KDCA) reported 583 new coronavirus infections, down from the 629 reported on Friday, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The recent United Nations decision to remove cannabis from the most strictly controlled category of narcotics is driven by the “power of money,” said Minister of Law and Home Affairs K Shanmugam on Saturday (5 December). Member states of the UN drug agency voted on Wednesday 27-25 with …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has ordered Seoul Garden in Tampines Mall to suspend full operations for 10 days starting on Saturday (December 5) for failing to comply with Covid-19 safe handling measures. During the suspension, the restaurant will not be able to serve customers for dinner …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 injection through 70 clinics on Saturday (December 5), marking Russia’s first mass vaccination against the disease, the city’s coronavirus task force said. The task force said the Russian-made vaccine would first be made available to doctors and other medical workers, teachers …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will lift movement restrictions for most states starting Monday (December 7), a cabinet minister announced on Saturday. But the partial closures, called a Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), will run until December 20 for its capital city, Kuala Lumpur, Sabah state and six of Selangor’s …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The woman needed a tracheostomy, which is a surgical procedure performed when she cannot breathe and a hole was cut in her throat to insert a rubber tube to supply oxygen to her lungs and heart. Next to her, at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center at the …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – On Saturday (December 5) the status of motion control curbs known as Conditional Motion Control Order (CMCO) imposed in various states of Malaysia will be released. A press conference scheduled by Chief Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob for Friday was shelved at …