Health

[ad_1] SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – The Australian state of New South Wales recorded its first new case of the coronavirus in 25 days after a woman working in a quarantine hotel in Sydney tested positive. Authorities are investigating whether he was infected in the community or from working at the facility, …

[ad_1] They can come to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine if they want to, but some U.S. healthcare workers are skeptical about taking a vaccine that was developed in record time, even as the pandemic continues. . Some want more time, despite assurances from experts that …

[ad_1] PARIS: Britain became the first Western country on Wednesday (December 2) to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for general use, giving the green light to the Pfizer-BioNTech drug. As authorities in the US and Europe investigate other candidates, this is how countries have accelerated their approval procedures to deal with …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas became the second ship to begin cruises to nowhere from Singapore on Thursday (December 3), with enhanced security protocols to keep Covid-19 at bay. Follow Genting Cruise Line’s World Dream, which launched Singapore’s first pandemic cruises to nowhere on November …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported nine new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (December 3), including a locally transmitted infection. The local case is a one bedroom resident and was asymptomatic. The man, known as Case 58443, was detected through surveillance, reported the Ministry of Health (MINSA). Ad Ad “His …

[ad_1] TOKYO: The government of Japan is considering abolishing sales of new gasoline-powered cars by the mid-2030s in favor of hybrid or electric vehicles in line with a global shift away from traditional motor cars, it reported Thursday (3 December) the public broadcaster NHK. The move would follow Prime Minister …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A batch of bottled water imported by Cold Storage of Malaysia was recalled after bacteria were detected during routine sampling of the product, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Thursday (Dec. 3). The affected batch of Meadows Pure Drinking Water comes in 1.5-liter bottles, with an expiration …

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (NYTIMES, BLOOMBERG) – Doses of the vaccine manufactured by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a small German company BioNTech, the first rigorously green-light-tested coronavirus vaccine for use, are being packaged in Belgium for shipment to Great Britain this week. Pfizer plans to ship 800,000 doses to Britain in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A foreign worker who had been working in Singapore for more than 10 years fell through a board at a workplace, fell 4.7m in the basement of Shaw Plaza, and later died from his injuries. A coroner ruled on Thursday (December 3) the death of 30-year-old Indian citizen …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated many large-scale social, economic and technological trends, and this will have lasting effects on the way people live, work and interact with each other, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong. To better prepare students for this rapidly changing environment, the Ministry of Education …