Health

[ad_1] LONDON: The arrival of a vaccine should see Britain’s coronavirus deaths “significantly” drop early next year, but social mixing around Christmas could cause another spike before then, UK medical chiefs said. on Friday (December 4). Britain on Wednesday granted emergency approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine and the first global …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 13 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Saturday (December 5), including one in the community that had previously been quarantined. Twelve cases were imported infections, of which 11 were placed on a stay-at-home or isolated notice upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) …

[ad_1] LONDON: Moderna will be able to produce 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Bancel said on Friday (December 4). The company has filed applications for an emergency use authorization in the United States and the European Union after full results from a …

[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Delaware: President-elect Joe Biden said Friday’s “bleak” jobs report (Dec. 4) shows that the economic recovery is stalling and warned that the looming “dark winter” would exacerbate the pain unless The US Congress passes a coronavirus relief bill immediately. “The situation requires urgent action,” Biden said in a …

[ad_1] Six people who have spent 2020 tirelessly seeking a way out of the greatest crisis of our era have been named Asians of the Year by The Straits Times. Among them, the 2020 award winners capture the entire trajectory of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is Chinese …

[ad_1] GENEVA: World Health Organization officials on Friday (December 4) warned governments and citizens not to let their guard down in the face of the COVID pandemic now that vaccination is approaching, saying health systems could still sag under Pressure. Britain approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, raising hopes that …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Two workers died in workplace accidents this week, prompting the NTUC union movement to urge companies to prioritize and safeguard worker safety, and not put their lives at risk by rushing to catch up on work. In a Facebook post on Friday (November 4), NTUC Deputy Secretary …

[ad_1] JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Indonesia has reported the highest daily increase in Covid-19 the country has seen so far with 8,369 new cases, breaking all previous single-day records by a few thousand. The latest increase reported on Thursday (Dec. 3) brings the total national count …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Covid-19 vaccine side effects ranging from fever and chills to headaches and joint pain could prevent some doctors and nurses from working amid a surge in hospitalizations across the country . Health systems are preparing to vaccinate key hospital staff with coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – A production worker at the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove lamented that conditions in his company-provided Malaysian accommodation are dire. “Each room has between eight and 12 workers, and we share a bathroom,” the young migrant worker told The Straits Times, on condition of …