Health

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US officials revealed details of their plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to millions of Americans on Tuesday (Dec. 1) starting this month, as the United States again broke records for new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. Since outgoing President Donald Trump’s coronavirus strategy relies heavily on a vaccine, the …

[ad_1] TRIER, Germany: A baby was one of five people killed when a car crossed a pedestrian shopping street in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday (December 1), police said, after arresting the driver. . Prosecutor Peter Fritzen said the driver, a 51-year-old Trier native, appeared to suffer …

[ad_1] HANOI: Vietnam reported two more coronavirus cases on Tuesday (December 1) linked to a rare domestic infection in its Ho Chi Minh City shopping mall, while the government urged public surveillance and stricter enforcement of health measures. . The Southeast Asian nation is back on high alert after confirming …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A cleaner working in the Changi Airport Terminal 3 transit area tested positive for Covid-19, one of two cases of local transmission reported on Tuesday (December 1). She is 66 years old and lives in Yishun with her husband, who is unemployed, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: Thai authorities called for calm on Tuesday (December 1) as they rush to track down a possible coronavirus outbreak after at least four women tested positive upon returning from neighboring Myanmar. Since detecting the first case outside of China in January, Thailand has managed to keep COVID-19 infections …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Moderna is “moving forward” with the “ongoing review” process for its COVID-19 candidate vaccine with the Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA), the US biotech company said in a press release Monday ( November 30) at night. The announcement followed the results of a late-stage phase 3 study involving …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 10 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Tuesday (December 1), including two locally transmitted infections. One of the local infections was in the community and involved a 66-year-old woman who works as a cleaner in the transit area of ​​Terminal 3 of the Changi airport, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The American biotech company Moderna has asked Singapore authorities to approve the use of its Covid-19 vaccine here. If all goes well, the first batch of vaccines could arrive as soon as this month. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told The Straits Times on Tuesday night (December 1) …

[ad_1] PARIS (AFP) – As many scientists scramble to find vaccines to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, other researchers are digging into the past, trying to unravel one of the virus’s biggest mysteries: exactly where it came from. The World Health Organization (WHO) has assembled an international team …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A taxi driver who ran over a student at a zebra crossing in 2017, leaving her with traumatic brain injuries, was sentenced Tuesday to three months in jail and banned from driving for two years. Cabby Eu Hock Leng, 64, had pleaded guilty to one count of …