Health

[ad_1] LONDON: British drug group AstraZeneca and Oxford University said on Monday (November 23) that their jointly developed vaccine against COVID-19 has shown “an average efficacy of 70 percent” in trials. “The efficacy and safety of this vaccine confirm that it will be highly effective against COVID-19 and will have …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China will respond to the informed visit of a US Navy admiral to Taiwan and strongly opposes any military relationship between Taipei and Washington, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday (November 23). A two-star Navy admiral who oversees US military intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region has paid …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Social entrepreneur Anthea Ong has put her name in the ring for a second term as a nominated member of Parliament. The app was an “eleventh hour effort” after a friend’s suggestion last week, it said in a Facebook post on Monday (November 23). The deadline for submissions …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A man sexually assaulted his daughter with an intellectual disability when she was between six and eight years old, and again when she was 17. The crimes only came to light when a teacher at the victim’s special education school noticed that she was not the same and …

[ad_1] SHANGHAI: Staff at Shanghai’s largest international airport are facing massive testing after a small outbreak of COVID-19 in the city linked to several cargo handlers, with plans in place to vaccinate high-risk workers. Life in China, where the virus first appeared late last year, has largely returned to normal …

[ad_1] TAIPEI: A two-star Navy admiral who oversees US military intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region has paid an unannounced visit to Taiwan, two sources told Reuters on Sunday (November 22), on a trip from high level that could irritate China. The sources, which include a Taiwanese official familiar with the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – As countries around the world grapple with a surge in Covid-19 infections, leaders of major economies pledged on Sunday (November 22) to step up efforts to safeguard lives, jobs, and expand networks of social Security. Many underscored the need to also ensure that the global recovery is …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy is expected to contract between 6 percent and 6.5 percent this year, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said on Monday (Nov 23) in another revision of its outlook for 2020 after growth data confirmed a smaller than expected contraction in the third quarter. His …

[ad_1] GENEVA: More than one in five Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 also contracts a bacterial infection. In the absence of effective antibiotics, those lucky enough to beat the coronavirus could be killed by these not-so-new pathogens. Ad Ad Unfortunately, the portfolio of new antibiotics is running low. Less than 100 …

[ad_1] ZURICH: A special COVID-19 envoy from the World Health Organization (WHO) predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said they did not do what was necessary to prevent the second. wave of infections. “They missed building the necessary infrastructure …