Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore General Hospital (SGH) patients can now pick up their medications from 11 designated Guardian stores, adding to a range of prescription pickup options that offer added convenience and accessibility, the hospital said. More than 40 patients have used the service since it debuted last month, and …

[ad_1] LONDON (REUTERS) – AstraZeneca is likely to conduct an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine, its chief executive, Pascal Soriot, said on Thursday (Nov. 26) after questions about the results of its latest stage. . study. Rather than adding the trial arm to an …

[ad_1] BEIJING – China’s vaccine diplomacy faces a setback as questions arise about the efficacy and safety of its coronavirus inoculations as the country accelerates a large-scale rollout despite candidates remaining in the trial phase clinical. Beijing once led the global race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but American and …

[ad_1] BUENOS AIRES (AFP, REUTERS) – Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona was laid to rest on Thursday (November 26) after a private funeral on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, local television images showed. When night fell, he was buried after a simple religious ceremony attended by family and close friends …

[ad_1] SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row on Friday (Nov. 27), a level not seen in nearly nine months, as a third wave of infections swept across the country and authorities rushed to provide more hospital beds. …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Construction companies have been urged to conduct a “comprehensive” time-out exercise at their workplaces, following three workplace fatalities in two days this week. On Friday (November 27) the Council for Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) and the Singapore Contractors Association (SCAL) called for a review of safety protocols, …

[ad_1] In an unexpected event, the woman who sued the national water agency PUB after falling into a sewer and seeking $ 5 million in damages threw in the towel yesterday. Ms. Chan Hui Peng, 47, accepted an offer to settle a settlement from PUB’s insurers made on November 10, …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia has agreed to buy 12.8 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer, becoming the first Southeast Asian country to announce a deal with the US drugmaker after some expressed reservations about the need. ultra-cold storage. . While final trial data showed Pfizer’s vaccine …

[ad_1] Even as the postponement of the Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble has sapped some of the optimism around mass air travel, there is light on the horizon for low-cost carrier Scoot, its chief executive said. With flights to just two cities, Hong Kong and Perth, in April and May, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Seoul Garden closed its Tampines Mall store on Friday (November 27) after authorities announced that a man who tested positive for COVID-19 dined there last week with 12 family members. The 32-year-old Singaporean and his family occupied three tables at the restaurant on November 21, the Ministry of …