Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Republic will contribute US $ 5 million (S $ 6.6 million) to a global initiative to ensure sufficient Covid-19 vaccine production and access for the poorest nations. The Advanced Market Engagement (AMC) is a mechanism under the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (Covax). Its aim is …

[ad_1] LONDON: Britain’s drug regulator insisted on Friday (December 4) that its first global approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine met all safety standards, after officials from Europe and the United States raised questions about the quick process. Britain announced on Wednesday that it had given emergency approval for the …

[ad_1] JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Dr. Sardjono Utomo, a senior Indonesian doctor, was admitted to his local hospital in East Java on Tuesday afternoon (December 1). In just over 24 hours, while his fellow doctors called hospital after hospital looking for a ventilator in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city and within a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Three new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Friday (December 4), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,242. All were imported cases that had been listed on stay-at-home or isolated notices upon arrival in Singapore. On Friday, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) did not announce any …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On Friday (December 4) the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC) reported two more workplace deaths, bringing the death toll to five in the past two weeks. In the first incident on Tuesday, two workers were packing goods in a warehouse when one worker heard a thud and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported three new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Friday (December 4), the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said in its daily preliminary update. All the cases were imported infections that had already been placed on a stay-at-home notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. Ad Ad There …

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization said it was considering introducing electronic vaccination certificates, as hopes of ending the pandemic rose after Britain became the first country to approve the use of a COVID-19 vaccine. . “We are looking very closely at the use of technology in this response to …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The former Big Box shopping center in Jurong East was acquired by Perennial Real Estate Holdings for $ 118 million, the developer said on Friday (December 4). More than $ 70 million is expected to be invested to rebuild the site into a business park, said the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: At the end of a lengthy interview on Tuesday night (December 1), REACH President Tan Kiat How almost ran off to get home to his family. She was rushing home to bathe four-month-old Isaac in a narrow window of time that she tries to reserve for her newborn, …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Koreans were urged to cancel the Christmas and New Years holidays on Friday (December 4) as daily cases of coronavirus hit a nine-month high and the government will impose stricter social distancing rules in Seoul to stop a third wave of infections. Health authorities reported 629 new …